Sturtz: Well yes that is true to an extent. All radios suffer from that too not just futaba. If you leave the antenna down when powered up for extended periods of time, hense trying to discharge the battery, yes you could cause damage. And probally shift the tune a little on the TX. When doing range checks your TX is probally on for maybe a couple of minutes at the most. I turn the TX on with the antenna down, then walk out till i notice glitching. Then i turn off the TX. That maybe takes 2 minutes.