cb newbie

ok, so iv been driving now for 2 years, and when i first started i was in a volvo, went and got me a 29 classic from one of the truck stops.
it worked just perfect, i was able to get out about 5 miles around my truck, and i could hear guys talking as far as 15-20 miles..
now, im in a freightliner and im lucky to hear the guy sitting next to me at the truck stop, or him hear me...
today, i stopped at the cb shop in ohio, exit 99, huge cb shop, and the guy there was super nice!!! really helpful, however, i was in a big rush ( almost walked out with out my stuff!! ) but anyway, i got a wilson 2000 and a mount, and 30ft of coax, im in a cascadia now, and gonna mount it on the grab bar on the back the sleeper, which iv read on here, and have heard others talk about that being a good spot.. now that im going to start this new " cb chapter " of the trucking world, im thinking it would be cool to learn about it all... iv heard and read somewhere that i need a good ground for the antenna... tho i dont know what that means, and didnt even think of asking the guy at the cb shop today...

so one of many questions is, what and how do i give my antenna a good ground??
another question would be about SWR... what exactly is swr and how do i adjust it?

as for my cb, its not tuned up or anything, just a basic 29 classic right out of the box, but im thinking of stopping by his shop next time i go past, he has radios that are peaked and tuned, but i dont know if his prices are good, over priced or under priced... based on this guys shop, im betting that he does good work, and dose not wast our time or his, and that his prices would be either average to others or below average...

anyway, i think what im looking for is something along the lines of
" CB Set Up For Dummies "

im new too all of this cb stuff, i want to be able to talk to others and hear them, but not people that are 20 miles away.... also.. i noticed in the other posts a lot of letters, and words that someone..like me..just wouldnt understand... so can we use terms that a " Dummie " would understand...

thanks guys for your help in advance..

s2b

 

thanks for the reply, both of you..
the cascadia has no place to mount an antenna, the mirriors on these trucks dont have the mirrior brackets, and i have talked to several cb shops and they all suggested that putting it on the grab bar on the sleeper would be the easiest and pretty much the only place to put it.
im in a condo sleeper and i pull a dry van, and iv told them all about my concern of having the same problem as im having now with the sleeper wall and the trl wall " blocking " and they told me thats it will not be the same as on the side of the truck with a mirror mount, but it will be better then the crap set up from the factory...

here is a pic of the cascadia so you have an understanding of what they look like. this is not my truck, but the same body..

yes thats the cb shop im talking about... i75 x99. nice people and very clean as well.
as soon as i told him that i needed 30ft of coax the first thing he said was " Cascadia huh? " putting it on the back of the sleeper?

soo... how do i attach this ground wire to the antenna??? putting it on the frame of the truck wont be an issue since its going right on the back of the sleeper.

thanks again

 

thanks Rat, the grab bar that i have it mounted to is not painted, and i just discovered a problem... the i have 3 garb bars on the rear, one where the steps are on the driver side, one on the exhaust pipe, both of which go up and down, and the thrid bar i have is for the air lines that go side to side, i tried to put it up on that one, and the top of the antenna was about a foot, give or take an inch or two, over the top of of the cab... so i put it on the grab bar on the driver side up as high as i can get it, and its roughly 4-5 inches below the roof line. so as you said, its as close to the top of the roof as i can get it... im going to take a pic and post it here in a few mins...

 

here are 2 pics of how its mounted, and how high it comes to the roof line, its kinda hard to see the tip top of the antenna, but its almost to the top of the roof..

 

i do have another option as well.... on the passanger side door i have the stupid pointless mirrior mounted on the top of the door, me and nother driver were thinking we could make some type of mount for the door and mout it their,
however, i hate...and i mean hate seeing trucks with wires haning down the side of the truck, so thats one issue i would have is where to put the coax cable..

now, rat, you say it wont work their, but i have heard many people say thats a good spot..read on forums and talked to cb shops and most suggest mounting it back their... tho i can understand why you say it wouldnt work, but how come more people have said put it back their, and your saying otherwise?