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Do you drive an unmarked white van?

ld TV antenna it isn't needed for its original use anymore really as you don't got analog TV any more tho I use my old TV antenna as my base station antenna

On the cheap, get yourself a mast (even cutting down a tree in the woods say 50+ feet and cutting it back to around 36 to 40 ft. Leave the top end big enough to support a piece of pipe) Stick the bottom in a hole and fasten it to the house / building. Did that back in 1982 and talked skip for 12 years using a 2-element quad and later a 5/8th wave vertical - mmagnum III. Talked to over 250 countries. My pole was a spruce tree that was as straight as an arrow. It was cut back to about 10 inches at the butt and to around 4 inches at the top. I stripped off all the bark and chipped off the knots. Put it up on two saw horses. When it was hot - soaked it with numerous coats of linseed oil. It was still solid after 12 years when it was dropped to the ground. I had 3 rope stays fastened at the top of the pole. Added a couple of pulleys and ropes for pulling up some wire antennas. It was all great fun.

Get your ham ticket

Invest in an Antron 99 antenna and have it at least 25 to 30 feet in the air (higher the better )to the base of the antenna . Don't mess with the setting rings as they come pre-tuned from the factory for the 11 and 10 meter band . I have run one for close to 30 years on my 40 foot tower and only issue I had was the coax insulation cracked so I change coax and the antenna is still going strong. Also that Uniden 980 is a poor radio . For a little more money you can get a lot better unit. I recommend a Radioddity Q-40 . has everything you need plus some . 7/3s to ya !

I have a 1949 CO-OP E3. Did you ever make a Part 3 video? Did you install the oversized 3 9/16 pistons and, if so, where did you buy them? Thanks.

Talking to people that you don’t know is what CB radio is all about. You can retain that anonymity because they’re not coming looking for you or you might not ever talk to him again. That’s what CB radio is all about

hello love your channel. i have a 1949 cockshutt 30 and im assuming its the same engine as yours. my engine is a buda 4b 153 4 cyl gas engine. could you please let me know where i can by all the parts to rebuild my engine. that would be real helpfull. thanks big time.

That will never to going Work high swr

I subscribed brother I'm getting that radio for Christmas its under the tree now

Big beautiful property...i'm sure you'll get to the point where a tower will be considered.

Calibrate that swr meter!

I have a ProComm PT-99 antenna and it works just great, i would suggest getting something like that and up on the roof or any high spot on your house, then... you could hear/talk maybe even to Europe when the conditions are good for it.. :D

Canadians are mean, I had some dealings with them. They want the whole world to be their slaves. That's why you cannot understand what he is saying. I have personal experience with Canadians on the CB radio in Canadian territory. They do not communicate fairly. Here is an example: I was living around Scarlett Road and Eglinton in the Greater Toronto Area and this one guy whose handle is Overlord is receivable over a 40-channel Citizen Band radio. I am sitting in a car with a forty-channel CB radio with a short vertical antenna and I talk to this guy he is on the channel saying he is Overlord. I ask him for his 10-20 and he says he is at Scarlett Road and Eglinton. So, I asked him if we could meet in person, I asked him what kind of CB radio setup he has and he pointed up to the twenty-fourth floor of a high rise and said the antennas he talks on is a Trick Stick.. It;s obvious that he does not have any CB radio equipment because visually there is no sign of any coax feedline from the antenna to a CB radio in his dwelling meanwhile I get stuck with having to put with coax cable feedline from a forty channel transceiver to an antenna. Not a fair comparison. It shows that the Canadian CB guys have an advantage when they are in Canada and not me. Well is just goes to show you that you have to go with the times a little bit. In other words, trying to do something in the United States simply will not work because Canada is more modern furthermore they have a school up there in Canada called Queens and those people and those people are very cliquish and secretive with how they practice science and technology in Canada, especially on CB radio. All of those products are their inventions😀😀😀😶💣💥🤸‍♀🤼🏵🍒🌶🏺🔪🥄🍴🥢🧉🧉🏚✈🎃🎯🥌👗🔍✏✒🖋🧲💊☢☢☢☢✖➕®™™🏴🏁

Good deal. I just liked and subscribed! Out here in Virginia. I'm looking to put up a base station as well. Thanks for the video!

It took me over a year to find your channel- DUH_ LOL I don't know why. Anyway. Hope to catch you in DX on a Videogate sometime. I hit all your buttons 73

Freebird !

Ok so how do we mix it with ss7

Heck with the firestick.... get yourself a MaCo V5000 5/8 wave ground plane antenna for omni directional use and supplement with a MaCo Super 500 Laser Directional Dual Polarity, Yagi-Quad CB Base Station Antenna with DPE.

That table umbrella hole was a good idea.

That TV antenna wasn't an "old analog" antenna. It would have worked just fine for digital TV. Calling them analog versus digital TV antennas is pure marketing. Anyway did the same sort of CB base install. Been a ham for 20+ years but currently the only radios I actually use are a CB in my home and another one in my car. Ham is entirely dead in my area, a major city. Over a dozen repeaters still working. Nobody talking. Totally dead. CB is thriving and very cheap to get going.

NIce setup. I am new to CB myself. I am using a 102 inch steel whip with a mirror mount. I did not have any spare wire around for radials so I tried puting down a piece of sheet metal on the ground next to the antenna. My SWR went down from 3.5 to 1.3. Good luck. It is fun experimenting. - Dave

Believe I would have utilized that TV rig and put a small beam up as there already everything needed complete with rotor

I built my own base antenna but I used 5 102 inch stainless steel whips each element with 2 three inch heavy duty firestik springs to make each element 9 feet long on a Imax 2000 ground plane kit bracket and a mirror mount stud for the top element center fed thru the hole of the bracket to make a multi halfwave stainless steel vertical dipole antenna it's up on a 1 inch pole 20 feet in the air. It talks great across the Western Hemisphere and also into Australia best of all it won't rust or deteriorate from the elements like those fiberglass antennas do, plus it's pretty indestructible... Yeah there are some great antennas out there also try the Inverted V antenna those are fun for sideband dx, talked all over the world with a cobra 148 and a Inverted V. its what gave me the idea for my 420 ground plane antenna. Have fun out there in DX land! 73's from The Highest Station In The Nation 4-2-0 Denver Wavin Bye Bye Bye

lol, of coarse he cant hear you with 3.5 watt output. cute

Dude, saw the hat...I'm in AA county as well. Once I get my base station online, shortly, I'll CQ you. Need a couple of trees taken down then up goes the A99.

Could also mount it up on your gutter or a long run of flashing along the peak of the roof makes a ground plane or you could make a dipole with 2 firestiks

Try a dipole in the trees. For dx they’re awesome. Also the bandwidth is incredible. Mine has 1.5:1 at 26.805Mhz and 28.205Mhz, and 1:1 throughout the entire 40 channel cb portion, and that is with 2.5 Kw (that’s kilowatts.)

How you getting power?

This was a year ago but maybe you've learned that you gave up too quick with that Canadian station at the end. He would have heard you if you insisted. But more importantly you've probably learned that without an amplifier you really aren't going to get out. You gotta pay to play.

I. Put. The. Antenna. On. The. House. It. Will. Work

Just found your channel and this is cool! I started out talking to locals in the tractor and now ive had a base station set up for around a year and a half now, i can talk to locals across mountains here in Virginia and have talked some skip too its fun little side hobby for sure. Keep learning and they say cb stands for constantly buying and they just might be right lol

It looks like tornado weather there.

PLOWBOY, did you delete my post that was meant to help you? PLOWBOY is a great CB radio handle if you don't take it out of context and think of it as criticism rather than just someone trying to help. Been in this radio game many years ain't about to get out now. Also General class operator but ham is just not much fun.

What happened to my post? Did RUclips eat it?

When tested the swr on channel 1 after you tested it on 38, you never recalibrated your meter. When you test your swr on any channel, you need to recalibrate your meter on that channel your checking

Just subbed, its been ten months, hope you have an antron or maco up, if you do I will listen for you on 38 lsb. All the best from Ian in Scotland..........

Have fun and keep experimenting

That is the fun of CB radio, talking to random people and meeting even meeting some of them over the years. I have been doing it since 1977. I will listen for you out there in skipland . Cheers & 73's 612 Skip Junkie waving!

I setup a base about a year ago. One of the funnest adventures I’ve done. I started with leftover mobile equipment and now I have all kinds of stuff and actual base equipment. It’s a fun hobby and I’m always trying to increase my non-skip range also. What part of the country are you in? I’m all the way at the bottom of Alabama.

Get a GMRS radio. You’ll get a lot more people and open yourself up to repeaters.

Hello, I recently rediscovered a CB radio I bought in Highschool 1991 that is in mint condition. I used it in my car and had a group of friends who then did the same. We had a great time. How can I know which converter to buy to use this as a base station at home? I'm afraid to not know exactly what I need! Thanx!

Running stock watts is rough. Lots of big stations out there. You will get her dialed, half the fun is trying new antennas, radios, amps, mics........ hope to hear you out there. 223 northern CA on the side

Did you try comparing the swr meter built into the radio, compared to the external swr meter you are using?

I'd suggest something like a Antron 99 base antenna. They are fairly reasonably priced around $125 bucks. I pretty much had my A99 mounted like your TV antenna, actually it was mounted above the TV antenna at peak of my 2 story house. The A99 is real easy to tune also. In fact I never touched mine new out of the box tuning it. Pretty low swr across the channel band 1-40. Had mine up at least 20 years.

You'll be better off if you get an amplifier

102 steelie will work way better like that

I am in the peoples democratic republic of Montgomery County MD - not far from you. It would be cool to hear you on the air someday. Usually channel 38 when I can get on... Maryland771...

This was Useful, i always was confused how grounding worked but i got a good idea now. Also i heard Southern MD, I'm local enough for you. Will have to reach out when i set up a base station my self.

Glad to see you posting again