Cb radio/ ham operator

I have been on the radio for the last 10 years solid and I don't hear nasty talk but there is a lot of skip that comes threw from east coast and southern states ham I haven't ran still trying to get my golden ticket (ham license) I run channel 6-11-13-17-24-38lsb ...... I run 2 different radios but I was curious on who runs cb radio and what antenna and where is it located I was thinking of running 102 steel whip but don't know where to locate the antenna..