Yesterday, I configured my 4*40 so that it could be hauled away by the big white truck which comes on Tuesdays. During the process, the receiver antenna wire snapped about 1/2" out from the case. It would be easy to solder it together, but in order to do that the wire will turn out about 1/4 to 1/2" shorter, overall. My question is: How critical is the length of the antenna wire? Will 1/2" shorter make any difference? I'm on channel 29. Thanks.....Glen