I'm just guessing here, but I feel it's just a new thing they did... Saw somewhere the fury 2 doesn't have one either.
Google foxpro firestorm and look at 95% of the pics. Antenna is there.
And luckily, I'm still young and got good vision. The small text doesn't bother me. Then again I make a cheat sheet so I don't scroll through stuff I want.
And yes this is a great call, besides the fact that some can't see the remote.