I still have my cb radio from 40 years ago. I haven't used it in 30 years but it is on the shelf if I decide I want to. Yes channel 9 was the emergency channel years ago, probably still is. On older mobile radio's I remember the range being up to 15 miles on a good day. A home base radio would have much more range depending on the weather and skip. Bobby
Radios of today will not reach out 15mi maybe 5 with a good antenna unless they tuned on a bench. That doesn't include the Strykers, Galaxies, Connexs and so on. I have a Stryker 447 and have $300 in it, but I drive a truck, so I use it a good bit.
