Airport.....x-rays?

[wct097]

I'm flying to New Orleans tomorrow and will be taking my Axim as a carry on. Will it be damaged by sending it through the x-ray machine, or should I ask for special handling of it?

[DScott]

Greetings;

The use of the X-ray is acceptable and should not hurt your unit, the metal detector is another issue. They might ask you to turn the unit on and change programs to show it works.

Scott

[Possum]

I have taken it on the plane a couple times. Just told them what it was and put it in the little tray with my cell phone, keys, etc.

I don't remember for sure but I think at one airport they asked me to turn it on and off for them.

At no time did they try to use a metal detector on it.

I suggest that if they want run it through a metal detector that you ask them to allow you to show how it works. Much like a laptop. Hey if you tell them that it is a handheld computer they may just treat it like a laptop and inspect it that way.

[Whatsurpointnow]

Neither X-Ray scanners nor Metal detectors will have a negative effect on your equipment.

But, they shouldn't scan it because that is ineffective.

In fact, the metal detector would trigger because of its mass, so that won't work to "detect" anything suspect.

The X-ray machine would have the same problem. The density and high metalic content of the components in the PDA would prevent accurate scanning.

The organic "Bomb Sniffer" might be able to pick up something.

so until the shoe bombers figure out how to stuff a pda full of explosives and still make it work, demonstrating a working unit should suffice.

[tc33]

Actually X-rays will hurt any type of electronic eqiupment, eventually. Chances are that nothing will happen but every time you expose electronic equipment to radiation there is a small chance that it will be damaged, the more exposure the greater the chance of damage. I work with all types of radiation in the medical field and many of the electronics (boards) require change out at a regular interval because of damage due to exposure.

[Whatsurpointnow]

Well, I think there is a pretty significant dif between hardend application specific equipment used in high radiation environments with a specified change date to guarantee performance to standard and a PDA. The amount of radiation a PDA would be exposed to during a scan should not have any effect on the equipment. Even a frequent flyer should not have to worry.

They shouldn't scan the thing for the aforementioned reasons; it's ineffective.