preferably fabricated from a single sheet of material the shield and antenna 10 may be fabricated with an etching process to produce the necessary structural elements comprising the shield and antenna unit for example in the etching process in which the hybrid shield and antenna 10 is formed an unformed metal plate may be coated with an acid resistant ground covering an entire surface thereof the desired shape or image of the hybrid shield and antenna structure is then drawn or traced into the ground thereby exposing the metal areas in the plate to be removed in forming the desired structures the plate may then be immersed in an acid bath such that the acid dissolves away only areas from which the acid resist has been removed the rest of the areas being protected from reacting with the acid by the ground after the acid has completely dissolved the exposed areas of the plate the acid resist is then removed from the remaining metal in the pre formed desired shape the pre formed desired shape of the hybrid shield and antenna 10 is depicted in fig2 flaps 32 and 34 may be folded along fold lines 36 and 38 respectively to form vertical end surfaces of the central enclosure 12 similarly flaps 40 and 42 may be folded along fold lines 44 and 46 respectively to form vertical side surfaces of the central enclosure 12 the remaining central surface 48 of the pre formed shape is thereby becomes the top surface of the central enclosure 12 such that the central enclosure is elongate and generally rectangularly shaped although other similar shapes may be formed as well extensions 50 52.