Traveling by plane with electronic devices (camera, camcorder, laptop, (radio) scanner etc..)?

Question

I'm travelling from Northern Ireland to the UK to connect to a flight to the US next week for a railfanning trip. I'll be bringing a camera, camcorder, (radio) scanner and laptop and was wondering what the best way to pack these objects would be? I plan on bringing the camcorder and camera in the same bag, and my dad bringing the laptop. I have heard that it's best to pack a scanner in the checked luggage, but is this necessary?

To be more specific, are any of these objects/components such as DVDs, memory cards, flash drives, magnetically-mounted antennae and standard batteries likely to be damaged during any security procedure with hand/checked baggage, particularly X-rays?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

I'd bring the camera, camcorder, and laptop in your carry-on, mostly for security purposes and to prevent damage.  (Have you ever seen the way the baggage handlers throw stuff around?  Scary!!)

The scanner should probably go in your checked luggage, since the airlines really don't like you to have anything that might interfere with radio transmissions, but I don't think it's an absolute necessity.

None of the things you've listed would be damaged by an X-ray scanner.