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hankaye · 03-04-2012, 11:36 AM

Howdy All;

A friend of mine, way back when CB was a big thing was looking for a good way to ground his base unit at home. What he came up with was a 5 gal. bucket with about 4 inches of rock salt in the bottom and filled it up with water. Into which he'd dropabout 20' of coiled up ground wire.
Another friend simply ran his ground wire (in a shallow trench), out to his pond and sank a bunch of feet of it into the water..
Both had exceptional broadcast and recption qualities with their radios.

of course your mileage/recption may vary...

hankaye

03-04-2012, 11:36 AM	#10
hankaye Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Arrey, Posts: 2,368	Howdy All; A friend of mine, way back when CB was a big thing was looking for a good way to ground his base unit at home. What he came up with was a 5 gal. bucket with about 4 inches of rock salt in the bottom and filled it up with water. Into which he'd dropabout 20' of coiled up ground wire. Another friend simply ran his ground wire (in a shallow trench), out to his pond and sank a bunch of feet of it into the water.. Both had exceptional broadcast and recption qualities with their radios. of course your mileage/recption may vary... hankaye __________________ Striving for a less complicated life since 1949 ... Home: 2008 Cougar 278 RKS T.V.: 2004 F-250 4X4, Level III BulletProofed , Detroit Tru-Track Differential (915A550) Dog: 2006 Border Collie (Rascal) aka Maximum fur dispersal unit. (08/04/2006 - 12/16/2017) RIP.