Hi,

In a month i will be making a long trip to australia for a holiday.I of
course plan on bringing my Bearcat portable radio scanner.I just nned to
know is it illegal for me to bring it with me on the plane?

Chris

should not be a problem, I take a couple of handheld scanners and a
large shortwave (sony-2010) with me when I travel all the time

I sometimes need to explain why the 2010 has two sets of batteries but
other than that no problems.... I also take a coil of wire and some
alligator clips with me to use as the shortwave antenna

Christopher O'Callaghan wrote:

Hi,

In a month i will be making a long trip to australia for a holiday.I of
course plan on bringing my Bearcat portable radio scanner.I just nned to
know is it illegal for me to bring it with me on the plane?

Chris

Christopher O'Callaghan wrote:

Hi,

In a month i will be making a long trip to australia for a holiday.

Must have relatives there or something Christopher. Why else would
someone want to sit on a plane for umpteen hours, just to get to
a God-forsaken place full of poisonous critters of all kinds on
land, and in the water, including probably the biggest Great White
Shark population on Earth. Oh, and the people walk around saying
"maeet" all the time, and their ancestors killed the natives for
sport. And that area between Perth and the east coast is
the absolute garden spot of the world. Swell place, Australia.

--
Cliff

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Christopher O'Callaghan wrote:

Hi,

In a month i will be making a long trip to australia for a holiday.

Must have relatives there or something Christopher. Why else would
someone want to sit on a plane for umpteen hours, just to get to
a God-forsaken place full of poisonous critters of all kinds on
land, and in the water, including probably the biggest Great White
Shark population on Earth. Oh, and the people walk around saying
"maeet" all the time, and their ancestors killed the natives for
sport. And that area between Perth and the east coast is
the absolute garden spot of the world. Swell place, Australia.

--
Cliff

I'd want to get back home to Australia after visiting a country with
gun-toting idiots walking the streets carrying $5 specials, yellowing out
"howdy" all the time, whose ancestors killed off the native American tribes
to push them off their land.. Deserts full of prickly cactus, rattlesnakes
and sidewinders. Weapons of mass destruction stored all over the country.
With awful TV shows with canned laughter, crap restaurants, and oversize gas
guzzling pickup trucks.

Swell place, America

Regards

David Bennetts
Australia

David Bennetts wrote:
wrote:
Must have relatives there or something Christopher. Why else would
someone want to sit on a plane for umpteen hours, just to get to
a God-forsaken place full of poisonous critters of all kinds on
land, and in the water, including probably the biggest Great White
Shark population on Earth. Oh, and the people walk around saying
"maeet" all the time, and their ancestors killed the natives for
sport. And that area between Perth and the east coast is
the absolute garden spot of the world. Swell place, Australia.

I'd want to get back home to Australia after visiting a country with
gun-toting idiots walking the streets carrying $5 specials, yellowing out
"howdy" all the time, whose ancestors killed off the native American
tribes to push them off their land.. Deserts full of prickly cactus,
rattlesnakes and sidewinders. Weapons of mass destruction stored all over
the country. With awful TV shows with canned laughter, crap restaurants,
and oversize gas guzzling pickup trucks.

You were making your point just fine until you stepped over the line and
hauled out the TV shows. The country that brought the world Hey Dad and
Stingers needs to tread very gingerly on that topic.

miguel
--
Hit The Road! Photos from 36 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu
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David Bennetts wrote:
wrote:
Must have relatives there or something Christopher. Why else would
someone want to sit on a plane for umpteen hours, just to get to
a God-forsaken place full of poisonous critters of all kinds on
land, and in the water, including probably the biggest Great White
Shark population on Earth. Oh, and the people walk around saying
"maeet" all the time, and their ancestors killed the natives for
sport. And that area between Perth and the east coast is
the absolute garden spot of the world. Swell place, Australia.

I'd want to get back home to Australia after visiting a country with
gun-toting idiots walking the streets carrying $5 specials, yellowing out
"howdy" all the time, whose ancestors killed off the native American
tribes to push them off their land.. Deserts full of prickly cactus,
rattlesnakes and sidewinders. Weapons of mass destruction stored all
over
the country. With awful TV shows with canned laughter, crap restaurants,
and oversize gas guzzling pickup trucks.

You were making your point just fine until you stepped over the line and
hauled out the TV shows. The country that brought the world Hey Dad and
Stingers needs to tread very gingerly on that topic.

I would say anyone from a country that brought the world such television
delights such as The Brady Bunch, Me and The Chimp, WWF Wrestling, and Mork
and Mindy would need to tread very gingerly on the topic.

On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 01:45:32 -0500, (Miguel
Cruz) wrote:


You were making your point just fine until you stepped over the line and
hauled out the TV shows. The country that brought the world Hey Dad and
Stingers needs to tread very gingerly on that topic.

miguel

You left out the "good" ones - Kingswood Country, Norman
Gunston, Homicide, Division 4 - you're either too young or
you weren't here long enough.

And Neighbours, E Street, Home and Away, A Country practice,
Number 96, etc for all the soapy lovers.

That's just the tip of the iceberg:-)

On Cliff - there are some tourists you sincerely hope will
listen to their own advice - and stay home.


Cheers, Alan, Australia

David Bennetts wrote:

I'd want to get back home to Australia after visiting a country with
gun-toting idiots walking the streets carrying $5 specials,

What streets you been hangin' out on? Been watching too much TV?

yellowing out "howdy" all the time,


Huh? Howdy? Been watching old Westerns. I generally just nod,
thank you.

whose ancestors killed off the native American tribes
to push them off their land..

They were damn sure pushed off their land, that's for sure; and, er,
I guess there was a little genocide here and there, but they were
never hunted for sport. And our ancestors never killed any group to
extinction, as did yours with the people of Tasmania...

Deserts full of prickly cactus, rattlesnakes
and sidewinders.

Hey! I love our deserts, and mountains, and seashores, and wildlife.
We did have Bill Clinton as Prez for 8 years, but the ecomony DID boom.
We now have little Caesar as Prez, but we are all suffering through his
*last* term, but hey, nothing's perfect.

Weapons of mass destruction stored all over the country.

Our country is such a jewel on Earth that everybody wants it. It's
called *protection*.

With awful TV shows with canned laughter,

Have to agree here. TV/movies have gone into the crapper, but there's
lots of good stuff from the past to watch.

crap restaurants,

Maybe your choices are just bad.

and oversize gas guzzling pickup trucks.

Have to agree here too about the pig haulers, but at least folks
have that choice if they so desire.

Swell place, America

Indeed it is. I wouldn't shoot a rabid skunkape trying to leave
Australia.

--
Cliff

In a month i will be making a long trip to australia for a holiday.I of
course plan on bringing my Bearcat portable radio scanner.I just nned to
know is it illegal for me to bring it with me on the plane?

On every flight I've been on recently, including flights between
Australia and the USA, the use of "radio transmitters or receivers" has
been specifically mentioned as one of the the things which can't be done
during flight (not just takeoff/landing).

That said, I'm not sure if anyone would actually care...

Scott.

Christopher O'Callaghan wrote:

Hi,

In a month i will be making a long trip to australia for a holiday.I of
course plan on bringing my Bearcat portable radio scanner.I just nned to
know is it illegal for me to bring it with me on the plane?

Scanner as it it receives broadcasts other than SW, AM and FM
commercial bands? Like a police scanner?

If you are asking whether you can use it on a plane, it probably won't
work anyway. If you are asking if it is legal to use in Australia, you
should contact the Australian Embassy or the Australian equilivant of
the FCC directly. You will probably need some sort of Australian
liscense, and you may find that the freqs. used for various purposes
are different there.