Just to clarify, I have run a tube the length of the fuse inside and then exited just in front of the tail wheel. The tube starts out above the pull-pull, goes down to the bottom of the fuse and then exits below the pull-pull. They do cross each other at some point inside the fuse but they never touch. As stated in an earlier post, the minimum distance from each other is approx 3/4". At the rear of the fuse I will have approx. 3 to 4" of antenna exposed.