Antennas clip

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I'm Going to Build a Clip for My Short Wave Antenna When I Go on Vacation. All You Need Is a 3mm Pin, a Nail, and a Spring to Finish This Project. I Will Experiment with a Plastic Spring Design Later. Well, I Made a Spring Out of a Battery Contact Spring. I Cut It Off the Spring, Then Stretched the Coil in a Vice with a Pair of Pliers. Next, I Wound the Wire into a 4mm Nail and Bent the Ends Back Onto Themselves to Make a Larger Contact Area. The Tricky Part Is Getting the Spring In Place. I Used a Smaller Nail to Hold the Spring in Position. Then, I Carefully Placed the Top Jaw in Position One Side at a Time Before Pressing the Hinge Pin Through. It Worked for Me, and Now It's Your Turn to Get Creative! The Last Photo Shows My Clip in Action on My Vacation in Phuket, Where It's Withstanding Tropical Monsoon Downpours and Pool Cleaners. A Bit of Tropic SWL Is Just What the Doctor Ordered!