need a base, antenna, coax cable, and a good source of power AND ground....
then take it to a cb shop and have it peak and tuned, or peak tuned...
they hook up a meter and adjust the swr's close to about a 1.5 reading on the meter as they can, and send you on their way
unless you run a linear amp, the (all) cb's transmit and receive at 4 watts.... on an untuned setup that is about 1-2 miles... on a good tuned setup you can see up to 15-20 miles, and with a linear amp you can see forever, as the truckers say.
the 29 is a good radio, i have a little micro uniden 510pro xl, and am looking for something different.
nobody comes looking for you.
Snicker............some of those guys were running 1kw to the antenna. You obviously haven't been triangulated and targeted. Dream on............
Flash
Some of us have to use the things most every day....and no, we don't talk like that any more...THANK GAWD!!!!