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An away CB radio antenna is assailable to lightning strikes being of the metal wires reaching up into the sky. Ground the CB antenna to remove the danger of a lightning strike. A uncommon supplies from a hardware store are needed, as are some tools most households already posses.
Instructions
Wrap a plastic twist tie around the copper wire where it meets the vertical wire at the 1-inch mark.5. Wrap a plastic twist tie around the copper wire and the vertical wire every 2 inches until you reach the ground.6.
Shorten a length of the copper wire that is 4 inches longer than the heighth of the antenna with the wire cutters.
3. Plug the ability space cord, then the soldering iron into the room cord. Heat up the soldering iron for 5 minutes.
4. Solder an deadline of the copper wire to the top of the antenna's vertical wire. Let the solder cool for a minute. Measure down an inch from the top of the vertical wire.1. Degree the heighth of the CB antenna's vertical wire with a tape degree. Share communication of the length..2.
Drive the copper stake 2/3 of the way into the ground 3 to 5 inches from the vertical wire with a head sledge hammer. Measure the spike from the top to where it enters the ground. Pull the spike up if the measurement is more than 4 to 5 inches.
7. Wrap the end of the copper wire around the spike. Twist the copper wire around itself to secure it to the spike. Wrap a twist tie around the copper wire and the spike to secure the two together.
