Well your portable VHF is not leagl on shore, so a CB would make sense to
communicate with crewmembers on shore.


Yes, I'll see if the FRS/GMRS do the trick 1st, since they were a gift. I test
in PA made 3 miles fairly easily. They claim 5. Maybe they'll do that over
water. But if someone's ashore, behind buildings, range is greatly reduced.

RB

FRS works just fine for most situations. When greater range is needed, we use
our cell phones.


Cell phones work great, we've tried AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon.
Verizon is the best so far, but we still lose signal plenty of times.
Anyway...probably won't bother with CBs...just wondering..

RB