How do you use your metal pushrod as an antenna?

From : Don Stackhouse

This was suggested to us by a Monarch builder in Texas, who also happens to be an electrical engineer. We've used it ourselves with good results, including the Monarch 'D-lite' that Joe flew at the Nats. This removes a surprising amount of weight from the tail, with the corresponding additional ballast weight savings in the nose. Joe can get a 'D-lite' to balance with no nose weight, with a Hitec 535 Rx (case off), two S-80 servos stacked one on top of the other, and an 80 mah battery.

The normal procedure is to measure the length of the pushrod from the aft tip to the point on the brass threaded coupler where you plan to connect the antenna. Cut that much off of your Rx antenna, strip the insulation off of about 1/8" of what remains, tin it and solder it to the brass threaded coupler. Try to arrange the solder joint and the wire from the pushrod to the Rx such that the wire doesn't fatigue from the flexing due to pushrod motion, chafe on the clevis or get fouled in the servo output arm. I haven't heard of any reports of problems yet with this system.

Don Stackhouse @ DJ Aerotech