The walkie-talkie range is under the best of possible conditions - regardless of what they say. Practical range is likely to be not much more than 5 miles.
Re: cell phones, switch to text messages. they are smaller in size and more likely to get through an overloaded system than trying to contact by voice.
I’m studying for my Technician license and am looking to use ham radio to assist my communications to home as well as to be able to communicate farther.
CB and walkie-talkies have utility, just got to recognize the range requirements/limitations.
Do you people know who invented/developed the process to be able to make text messages”? IT WAS ISRAEL.
Do you know who developed the Intel Pentium processor in your computer? IT WAS ISRAEL.
I know a lot of useless information no one cares about.
“Re: cell phones, switch to text messages. they are smaller in size and more likely to get through an overloaded system than trying to contact by voice.”
You are correct on text messages. Here in Houston, during the Hurricane Rita evacuation in 2005, text messages got through, but cell phones were useless. I agree...the text messages use much less bandwidth and also can be sent at will (within reason)...whereas a phone discussion requires a very costly open line of communication.