The two most common antenna styles ... loop a picture-hanging wire through it and wrap it with tape for added insurance. To hook up the new cable, you'll have to remove the car radio.

Ideally, if you are going to transmit, you want a properly-tuned resonant antenna. But, sometimes, it isn’t practical. [Ham Radio Rookie] knew about random wire antennas but didn’t want a wire ...

[RadioHamGuy] posted an interesting video on adding a counterpoise antenna wire to an HT. He claims it will noticeably improve both transmit and receive by making a quarter-wave monopole into a ...