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.

The penalty for messing up when using live wiring as a radio receiver antenna is rather severe. But after reading about it in some old books [Miroslav] decided to give this technique a try.

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 ...