{"id":65674,"date":"2026-03-25T08:04:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T12:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=65674"},"modified":"2026-03-25T08:04:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T12:04:02","slug":"hackaweektv-dean-installs-a-cb-radio-base-station-with-proper-grounding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/hackaweektv-dean-installs-a-cb-radio-base-station-with-proper-grounding\/","title":{"rendered":"HackaweekTV: Dean installs a CB radio base station with proper grounding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hackaweektv.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65675\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hackaweektv.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hackaweektv.png 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hackaweektv-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hackaweektv-768x379.png 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hackaweektv-624x308.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>My buddy Dean Segovis from HackaweekTV recently reached out to me\u2014he\u2019s diving into the world of radio and starting out on CB as he works toward getting his amateur license.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s documented the process of building a complete CB base station at home, and I have to say\u2014I\u2019m really impressed. What stood out most is the care he put into proper grounding and bonding. Honestly, it\u2019s one of the best CB base station setups I\u2019ve seen.<\/p>\n<p>The best part? All of that infrastructure is going to serve him incredibly well when he makes the jump to HF.<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy well-documented radio projects\u2014or have an interest in CB radio\u2014this is definitely worth a watch:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yes_pCPmh9M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yes_pCPmh9M?si=V7oBLsu8LhnUYMTH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view and subscribe on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My buddy Dean Segovis from HackaweekTV recently reached out to me\u2014he\u2019s diving into the world of radio and starting out on CB as he works toward getting his amateur license. He\u2019s documented the process of building a complete CB base station at home, and I have to say\u2014I\u2019m really impressed. What stood out most is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2644,3],"tags":[5711,604,11067,11066],"class_list":["post-65674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cb","category-news","tag-cb","tag-cb-radio","tag-dean-segovis","tag-hackaweektv"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-h5g","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44392,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/the-halcyon-days-of-cb-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":65674,"position":0},"title":"The Halcyon Days of CB Radio","author":"Thomas","date":"July 17, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"This morning, I read a message from a ham radio operator who was just awarded a vanity call sign in honor of his father's 1970s era CB radio call sign. 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