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« on: December 31, 2012, 2050 UTC »
Yes what Pigmeat says-magnet wire is great. You can even transmit through a dipole made with it after you get your license. The only person ever to notice mine was a foot or two under it on a sunny day all afternoon.
Rat shack should have it in an ok gauge. Not hair thin, not mechanical pencil lead thick, just like sewing thread thick. I can't remember the gauge number-maybe 28 or 30. Toss it up over something at least head level and weigh it down with a nut or bolt on the far end and stay far away from the power or comm lines. Count on it breaking once in a while or getting knocked down by birds.
Really you might want to try some wire around the top of a room. I had decent reception with an R8 with 30 feet of wire running around the top of 3 walls when I was in a first floor apartment, but there was very low noise at that place. Now I live in electronic hell subdivision.