High performance TV antenna from one piece of wire..

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2. In that case it's a small plastic electrical box from the hardware store..

Pretty much any kind of non conductive plastic could be used as long as it's strong enough and you can find a way to mount it away from other stuff.. The electrical box is good because the plastic is made to be UV resistant if you mount it outdoors, a lot of plastics will break down in sunlight..

I made mine of ipe, aka Brazilian walnut, it's the wood the Atlantic City Boardwalk is made of, highly weather resistant and I just happened to have a bit of scrap flooring around.. I also used some aluminum wire instead of copper, the original of this unit was made of galvanized steel wire that goes along the bottom of chain link fences..

A couple of coat hangers and a scrap of wood would be enough for a test unit, scrape the paint off the coathangers and twist them together at the upper point then make the rest of the unit from there.. The lengths aren't absolutely critical but the closer you stick to the pattern the better it's likely to work.

It was easiest for me to bend the bottom legs first until I ended up with something that looked like a top hat, then I bent the middle until the points were 2" apart and I was done.. I marked all my bend points on the wire with a pencil before I started, that made it easier too..

You could even use thin wire and tape it on a window, as long as you connect to the 2" points with leads it should work..

A balun/matching transformer and some coaxial cable sufficient to reach your TV will be needed..