Copper wire is a great material for antennas since it can be easily formed without special tools and it solders like a champ. But the stuff you get at the home center is nowhere near stiff enough ...

Drill a hole that fits your antenna cable's fat end. The center of the hole must be 3.75 inches from the bottom of the can. Step 2 Before you insert the cable, solder the copper wire to the tip of ...

The copper wire scheme was somewhat doomed from the beginning. ... the U.S. began using telecommunications satellites that served the same purpose—with much less debris—as the wire antenna.