Tom, You've done a good thing. Namely, you experimented and tested the results.
The portion of the antenna still inside the fuse gets shielded somewhat depending on the fuse material. To be safe I'd 'suggest' putting half the wire inside the fuse. I genuinely don't know the specifics of a longer antenna. I've done some simple experiments of my own that yielded what seemed to be almost too good of results. Even when the wire wasn't an desirable multiple of the factory length. I can't explain this and I hate that. Also, the extra length creates some additional resonant points that can be a problem. But few can really speak on that with any authority. I've said it before. Antenna stuff is really tough. I only had one antenna class in college and it scared the hell outa me. I've made a career out of simply 60hz! So be very careful about drawing conclusions and test everything as best you can. Bill Swingle Janesville, CA RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
