I usually use the easy to construct "sleeve aerial"
Use a length of thin coax with braided shield, and connect one end to receiver hot and ground.
Strip about 25cm of the outer plastic from the other end, and pull the braided shield back over the plastic of the coax.
Cut both center core (leave the plastic on) and shielding to the right equal length for the frequency of interest.
Put some heatshrink over the whole length of shielding and center core, and hang the aerial vertical from the tip. You now have a vertical (less dead spots) 1/2 wave dipole with inbuild balun.
Leo..