Ted S posted:@Trainman2 how did you work around the issue of getting the signal inside a metal tender shell? Also did you use the G3 decoder, or the G3X with external antenna lead?
Not sure "dead rail" is ready for prime time, but I've been advocating the direct R/C approach for years. So glad to see that some people are finally doing it!! See also this topic.
At present, I use the G3x that has the wire antenna attached. I currently have a small hole bored at the rear of the tender shell that I run the antenna out of.
It's not that noticeable, but I am working on getting nylon screws to isolate the shell from the frame, then solder the antenna to the shell. This has been done successfully with some lionel railsounds, and I'm guessing it would work with Airwire as well.
