Dick wrote:
I really have to disagree with that. There is no way a 4-watt output
AM CB is going to communicate as far as a 50-watt output FM 2-meter
radio to a 5/8-wave antenna on the roof.

But CB is likely to find more people - especially more local people
- in many areas. CB is much more likely to find the guy in the pickup
two cars ahead of you who just filled up after most gas stations in
your county lost power in a major storm and with it the ability to pump
gas - and thus tell you which are the few area stations that you can
fill up at.
My area (Burlington, North Carolina) is fortunate to have a lot of
downsized AT&T hams - so finding someone local on 2 meters is easy.
But MANY areas aren't that way.

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