There is a good chance I could go on a short term (maybe a month) deployment to the Middle East and planning on taking a laptop with me for Echolink. When and where exactly I am going I am not at liberty to say right now...
I would bring my HF gear but I don't want to go to the trouble of having to bring all of that on top of my other gear/clothing. I know that is a weak argument because people who go on DXpeditions all the time. My circumstance is a little different and reluctant to bring my own stuff for this.
My only concern is that if I connect via the internet over there using my issued stateside callsign for Echolink to talk to some friends back here over a friends repeater back here localy and the legalities within it. I am researching agreements and see if I am kosher or not to do that and connect with a repeater back here.