Unbelievable CB Radio Hack: Transmit & Receive Easier and Reduce Noise!

Boost CB radio game transmit receive base station radios really benefit from this ground rod
ground your system and improve your antenna reception while reducing noise
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[@bayoutrapper3782]

Johnny, I always enjoy your videos. I'm 52 yo. and love learning new things from a young feller. Keep up the great vids and research. 73 from 690 Arkansas, po' boy. God bless.

[@JohnnyNJones]

Well thank you I appreciate it. Thank you for watching and I’m glad you learned something from me, and I’m sure there’s plenty you could teach me. 73 from North Carolina Vaya con dios

[@bayoutrapper3782]

Johnny the day any of us stop learning is the day we draw our last breath. This video was just what I needed. Haven't tried it yet, but, makes very logical sense. I'm just setting up first station since about 1982 when I was a kid. I've been having problems being able to hear others over the static. Yesterday I made a contact about 55-60 miles away, I could just barely make out his words, though he said I was swing his meter 4 s units. My antenna is a Hebrew version of a starduster 1/4 wave ground plane. Looks the Grinches Christmas tree, but hey it works. Just needs some tweaking and a price of real 50 ohm coax, I'm using 75ohm cable TV coax cut to 2 half wave lengths. I wish I could afford an swr meter, that would help greatly. Anyway I'll say 73's for this one God bless and keep up the good work. 690 Arkansas, po' boy

[@JohnnyNJones]

Dang man, you aren’t doing too bad though, 55 miles ground wave is pretty good You may want a pre amp once you get your ground rod installed. SWR meters are cheap on ebay, you can usually get then for under 10 bucks. Thanks for sharing your story po boy (your name makes me hungry I wish I had a poor boy sandwich right now) 73’s 150 NC cliffhanger 🖖

[@sleeve8651]

Don't beat your ground rods in ! Take a spade and dig a circular hole , say a spades depth deep ! Add some water, then begin with the pointed end of the ground rod at the center of the hole ! Push down, then pull up ! Add water as needed ! Continue to push the rod down, then pull up, and the rod will be in the ground before you know it ! Easy peasy ! (Obviously, if you strike a rock, you may have to adjust your position ?) Always check with Julie before you dig ! Hope this helps ! 👍😉

[@JohnnyNJones]

That’s interesting. I’ll have to try that out. Thank you!

[@homersaypian3798]

I stuck my rod int the mud yesterday. Used a 20 pound dumbbell. 8 ft. Copper clad galvan. Took 2 hours. My shoulder and back are fukt!

[@JohnnyNJones]

Yup! That shit will do you in 😵‍💫 I’m surprised I didn’t have a harder time putting my ground rod in

[@Brokinopenbottle]

I did this and tore my neighbors up, I unhooked it and they don't hear me over their tv, phone, stereo, toaster etc. So I hooked it back up because my noise level did drop a lot to hear the bottom dwellers and that by far is more important then their tv, phone, stereo... I think it's because when I key up it interferes with the neighbors vibrator I'm sure of it. Anyway nice video thanks for the information. #12 Watkins Glen, NY waving 🤘

[@JohnnyNJones]

Hahahaha 🤣 now that’s a funny comment!

[@johnnyphillips9735]

Good video I've known about the ground thing for a long time it does make a difference thanks for sharing I've got a 2917 and love it hillbilly in the bam waving your way Johnny Jones

[@JohnnyNJones]

Hey thanks man! Hope you’re having a good time down south my friend! Damn it’s a hot summer down here!

[@Undertaking-Life]

Hell I have everyone beat, it took me 3 weeks to drive a 8 ft grounding rod. I hit rock at 12 inches and for the next 7 feet it would move 1 mm for every wack of the hammer. It's summer here in the South so I would wack a bit then say, "I'll do this tomorrow"!

[@JohnnyNJones]

Hahaha! No joke hit gets hot as hell in the south! Humid too 🥵

[@rondillon4136]

More frogs…….but in a good way lol

[@JohnnyFingers227]

Another awesome video. Thank you Mr. Jonesathome.

[@JohnnyNJones]

Thank you Mr. fingers ✋

[@JohnnyFingers227]

@@JohnnyNJones By the way I'm very jealous of that Galay DX 2517. I would love to have one myself.

[@JohnnyNJones]

Oh yeah bud I’m very happy with it Heck man I couldn’t even afford one but i ended up getting it for $160 I don’t think I could do that twice, it’s a 600$ radio

[@Sinnicide]

Appreciate it from the peoples convoy. Boutta tune my new CB up.

[@JohnnyNJones]

Good luck my friend, I’m always around if you need help👍

[@ashevillestorys837]

Where is the people's convoy at now

[@radioaktiv7841]

I'll see if I can figure out how to do this with my antron..

[@LifewithJames]

I am in the process of adding a ground rod to my setup. I’m doing a 8 foot copper rod. I’m usually on 17 or 28 when I have time to get on. I go by roadrunner. (I’ve heard some guy out there by the same but I’m out of south alabama)

[@JohnnyNJones]

I need foot copper rod should be very, very useful even more so than mine! My father used to be “ridge runner” haha

[@LifewithJames]

@@JohnnyNJones I run power so the 8 foot was recommended. I’m hoping it makes a noticeable difference in swr.

[@3madeamps]

nice job

[@JohnnyNJones]

Thank you 👍

[@charleswills4554]

Very interesting. I have my A99 mounted on a 45' tower.So if i was to just ground the tower to a ground rod that should be the same right? Just wondering. 73s 514 Ontario Canada

[@JohnnyNJones]

Yes sir I’m a little fuzzy on the A99 setup But as long as the antenna is electrically grounded to your tower then yes that should work if you have any issues you can ground the coaxial cable instead

[@timmack2415]

Very entertaining video! I won't even go into why steel is probably one of the worst choices to use for grounding, I'm just going to enjoy and keep scrolling. 73

[@JohnnyNJones]

Oh no, why don’t you enlighten me Tim?

[@deanproctor2690]

Copper has higher conductivity with the earth. Copper fights corrosion much longer when buried.

[@timmack2415]

@@JohnnyNJones I just noticed this, seven months later. Lucky I'm on top of things. Steel is NOT an approved method for grounding, with the exception of UL approved galvanized steel (with zinc) grounding rods in some cases. The issue is that steel causes a galvanic reaction with the ground (aka- it rusts). The issue is that once it rusts, it presents a poor connection to ground in the forum of resistance. Going back to basic ohms law, this creates a difference of potential between your house ground (utility ground) and this added ground. That manifests as current flow between the two, separate grounds.

[@JohnnyNJones]

@@timmack2415 oh yeah, I’m aware of that. I just had that on hand and wanted to use it for the experiment plus being galvanized it should help.

[@TheLonesometoad]

I used a hammer drill and sunk mine right in.

[@lordmichaelharris1710]

Your ground could inprove even more by using copper rod and pouring mackalite in a hole and inside the pipe what professional use and the with a ohms voltage meter measure the resistance thats then a good earh system 👍 73s de 2E1DNC uk 🇬🇧

[@JohnnyNJones]

I have heard that too! Thank you 👍 I figured a copper rod would work better but I wanted to know if I can find something that would be easy for someone to just get their hands on. The way I see it if you can ground your station with whatever you have laying around at least it’s better than not grounding at all. But I agree with you and I’m going to have to try it out myself 🤘 Thank you my friend ☺️

[@mikeonaga8095]

Being that I am new to this, where is the correct spot to place the lightening arrester? I see you placed it on the ground rod. Is it ok to place it close to the feed line of the antenna with a ground wire going to the ground rod?

[@JohnnyNJones]

Honestly I did it for a noise reduction and that would work pretty well for noise reduction if the wire isn’t that long. (although grounding directly to a rod will be better) As far as deterring lightning you would need to make sure that you didn’t use any soldered connections because they would melt so it would have to be mechanical connections. The ARRL antenna handbook should help you out a lot in that area too. But if I were you I would put it on the ground rod that way it cut out most of the noise on the radio. You could run a short run of coaxial cable and do the same thing I did. Don’t worry about losses there have been so many people worried about connection losses when it’s been tested out to be very negligible I remember one test where someone had hooked 15 or 20 connectors together and still only lost one DB or so which is pointless to even worry about

[@bloodybillanderson9294]

Damn space aliens 👽 anyway...i need a ssb base radio...great info great video thanks johnny👍👍👍

[@JohnnyNJones]

No problem earthling 🖖 Keep an eye on eBay you’ll find one sooner or later

[@brainwhitelaw4665]

You can put some dielectric grease on it should keep it dry!!

[@ronv6360]

Where do i find one of those fine looking coax filter/junction blocks at??Can only find n connector type dammm..

[@JohnnyNJones]

Check on eBay that’s where I found mine

[@daveLU323]

What model base station is that? It looks just like my General Stonewall Jackson. Wonder if they got the same board?

[@JohnnyNJones]

It’s a galaxy DX 2517 it’s made by RCI so I don’t know if they have the same board or not. You’ll have to do some digging on the Internet to find that out.

[@richardmillican7733]

Next time you're out chasing foxy assed women.. can I tag along? I'm in the UK, and your channel came up in recommended viewing, being a CB guy over here, it proves KZbin algorithms work. Great video. Subscribed.

[@JohnnyNJones]

Thank you very much my friend! Sure the next time I hit up the local strip joint you can join in 👍 It’s always good to have some UK viewers, Do you watch Fred in the shed? he is a UK CB guy as well

[@richardmillican7733]

@@JohnnyNJones yes been subbed to Fred for ages!! Not got to QSO with him as I'm in North Wales, on Anglesey (Cemaes Bay) but yes, Fred's channel is pretty cool. He's got the whole world in his hands!!

[@JohnnyNJones]

You’re in a great place for ground wave radio propagation A lot of moisture a lot of water Your antenna should be favoring the direction of Ireland Do you get any contacts near wexford or dublin? That’s a long way though for ground wave.

[@robertwellman479]

A hammer drill works good to drive ground rods

[@Foxman362worldradio]

Does matter where hook up alpha technologies so239 where does receive hook up and is antenna is on the top?

[@JohnnyNJones]

It shouldn’t matter, it didn’t specify any particular arrangement .

[@foxman362]

@@JohnnyNJones ground rod for cb radio and ham radio with tool box case workman cx-3 antenna switch. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6CZoqiPr796h9E

[@BoB4jjjjs]

Those Aliens are from the planet Sing Sugar Baby, they can sing Higher or Lower, but you gotta get it right to hear them, they sometimes sing a bit of frequency, so use the clarifier know to hear them properly! The very first antenna I put up (Silver Rod) I put a ground rod in the next day, big difference. Also on my car, I found having a static grounding strip when stationary made a bit of difference, though not so much. But as we were using illegal CBs (American ones) we had to use them sitting in our cars out of sight in some back road, or risk having it taken away (like a few I knew) and every bit helped, there were not too many at the start. We got FM CBs after that, no need to hide, but we had to hide the radios then as they were getting stolen! When I put up my antenna, I didn't give to to much thought, but there was a metal drain pipe behind the antenna, just the right distance to act as a reflector. My mate said one night "You are a very strong signal in one direction" so he looked at the antenna, got out a tape and said "It is exactly the right distance to act as a reflector" so we then made it even stronger by connecting the two, I went up from 9+10 to right off the scale at his house. If we didn't want to be bothered, we would go to high power, and we didn't hear anyone!

[@JohnnyNJones]

Damn you accidentally made a reflector that’s freaking awesome Like a yagi! Yeah I’ve heard that during the mid 70s that CB radios were some of the most stolen items Hey do you watch Fred in the shed he’s also a FM CBer

[@BoB4jjjjs]

@@JohnnyNJones Fred in the Shed is mostly a SSB CBer.

[@darrelldixon9044]

Curious what kind of antenna setup you're using?

[@JohnnyNJones]

I have a home made vertical dipole strung up in a tree about 75 feet in the air. I made a video about how to make it, it’s easy and works quite well.

[@darrelldixon9044]

thanks, I built one a few years back when I was boondocking and staying at a campground for awhile, Used an 8 Ft copper Ground Rod and got great reception despite not being too high up@@JohnnyNJones

[@Undertaking-Life]

So just how do you connect your radio to the computer running Audacity?

[@JohnnyNJones]

If there is an external speaker jack on the back, you can put it into the “line in” port in the back of your computer. The line in port will be blue if it’s color-coded Then in audacity, you can choose your recording device as “line in”

[@Undertaking-Life]

@@JohnnyNJones I wasn't very detailed was I? I didn't know where the cable is connected to the radio? Thanks for your reply.

[@foxman362]

1:40 where can i get one those sliver ground plate at on ebay?

[@JohnnyNJones]

I just used an old mirror mount for a cb radio antenna But you can look up ground rod clamps on ebay

[@foxman362]

@@JohnnyNJones Lowie's hads some on sale I just got 3/8 ground rods on sale for 3$ today instead go for 12$ I got two 10footers I can cut them into two 6ft and 2 4ft and have 4 cb antennas at same time or I can make one ground rod run 4way switch antenna outside have 4 cb antennas.

[@foxman362]

@@JohnnyNJones 1:36 I would use Opek CX-5 3 Position 1000 W Coax Switch on front TT3G50 then you run more cb antennas this way.

[@foxman362]

You might hit overseas countries the way your ground noise you don't need copper pipe doing ground rod.

[@bigdog911PAradio]

What's the name of that program?Brother that's what I need to do to my station.

[@JohnnyNJones]

It’s called audacity. It’s a free recording software

[@substance1]

You probably could have put that ground rod in a drill, and just screw it in the ground.

[@JohnnyNJones]

That could’ve worked!

[@ashevillestorys837]

Start monitoring 26.915 you'll love it

[@JohnnyNJones]

Tell me more

[@thewatcher5271]

What Mode?

[@JohnnyNJones]

Try 27.635 lsb It’s a secret channel I just found out people are using a lot

[@thewatcher5271]

@@JohnnyNJones Hey Man, My Wife's Sleeping But Around 3:30 (Central) I'm Gonna Give It A Try, Thanks.

[@jmanranger7271]

Order me a ground rod threw Amazon

[@foxman362]

1:42 I need find one on ebay.

[@JohnnyNJones]

Thats where I bought mine 👍

[@jmanranger7271]

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