A toy spiral wire thingy that could walk down stair steps -- seriously.
Makes a makeshift antenna.

Now available commercially -- URL:
http://www.antennasmore.com/helitrix.htm
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"Steve Day" wrote in message
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The secret word where antennas are concerned is...
Slinky.
I don't know why they work, but they do.

Please elaborate.

Err ??? Whats a slinky????