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Kevinsound27 t1_ja4meup wrote

Reply to comment by FlexingCapacitor in Been in every car I’ve had since 1986. by 710dabner

I also used to think the ground strap was something loose on the bottom of trucks till my dad explained it’s to ground the radio.

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CypherFTW t1_ja5l3ei wrote

CB radios don't ground to the earth to work, only to the chassis of the vehicle. Those straps were "Anti Static Straps" designed to dispel the static build up from your car. I don't think they were ever proven to work and people pretty much stopped buying them by the end of the 90s. I think one of their claims may have been "improved radio quality" but they had a lot of weird claimed benefits that were largely marketing.

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Kevinsound27 t1_ja5sttu wrote

That makes sense actually. it’s one of those things from long ago I remember seeing but haven’t seen one in a long time.

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