Sixty years ago this month, the March 1962 issue of Electronics Illustrated carried these self-explanatory plans for the stealth antenna shown at left. It was billed as a way to fight TV interference, basically by keeping a low profile and thus not alerting potentially suggestive neighbors to the possibility that their picture was other than perfect.

And for the patient ham, the illustration above demonstrates a method of adding multiband capability.

The article was penned by prolific writer Howard Pyle, W7OE.