[amsat-bb] Carnival Cruise Line

Robert McGwier rwmcgwier at gmail.com
Tue Jul 11 16:55:53 UTC 2017


We AMSAT cruised,  we were constantly being questioned by security folks,
especially where we were out at night on deck and aiming our arrows at the
sky.   It just took persistence and MANY contacts were made by several
people.

Bob


On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 11:46 AM, Ed Cunningham <edc2491 at cox.net> wrote:

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> Here is the answer I got to my inquiry about bringing ham radio gear on
> board.  It looks like blanket permission since in "Exemptions and Other
> Considerations" it states "Permitted to be used on board"
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> Since the ship is registered in Panama all I need to do is contact the ARRL
> for my IARP Permit.  Has anyone had a problem taking an Elk or Arrow
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> on a plane or will it have to go in the belly (extra $25)? (broke down, not
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> Ed, N7EC
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> Thank you for your inquiry.
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> Yes, you are able to bring your ham radio onboard.
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> Carnival Cruise Line
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> Message History
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> Response By Email (07/10/2017 04:02 PM)
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> Thank you for your inquiry.
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> Yes, you are able to bring your ham radio onboard.
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> Carnival Cruise Line
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> Customer By Service Web (07/09/2017 10:56 AM)
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> This feedback is about:
> https://help.carnival.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4090
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> My wife, son and I are booked on a cruise to the Eastern Caribbean from
> Miami aboard the Splendor, booking # XXXXXX. As I was reading through the
> "What to Pack" I clicked on "Prohibited Items",
> Listed under "Carnival Corporation Prohibited Items" you list "Emergency
> Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRB), ham radios, satellite phones,
> transformers, lasers and laser pointers" yet under "Exemptions and Other
> Considerations" you have "Ham Radios/Amateur Radio Equipment: Permitted to
> be used on board". Can I bring my hand held ham radio on board or not?
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-- 
Bob McGwier
Founder, Federated Wireless, Inc
Founder and Technical Advisor, HawkEye 360, Inc
Research Professor Virginia Tech
Chief Scientist:  The Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security and
Technology
Senior Member IEEE, Facebook: N4HYBob, ARS: N4HY
Faculty Advisor Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Assn. (K4KDJ)
Director of AMSAT
Member of PVRC (Roanoke-Blacksburg), TAPR,  life member of ARRL and AMSAT,
NRVR.ORG (Rocketry)


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