Repeaters ( Ham) locations and coverage maps

[Paul]

True regarding using PMR but it's not got any useful range. You also can't easily skip UHF.

I'm lucky where I live. It's flat here.
I just hope the scientists have got it wrong else I'm swimming soon.
Line of sight? 3 miles, yet my little PMR sets carry only a mile on a good day, 1/2 a mile in the rain.

CB, 100% coverage out to 5 miles 24/7, usually much much more.
All thanks to my covert inverted V house aerial.
I'd love to mount a 1/2 or 5/8 wave pole on the roof but covert wins every time for me.
If I did that though you'd definitely hear me from your distant BOL LS!

So I'm able to speak afar. Europe no problem. Birmingham , London occasionally (no great loss there). No repeaters, nothing silly, just good cheap gear and a decent aerial.

Plus there is the vehicle issue.
Use a pmr set in a car and most of your power is used up heating the cabin. I say that because most pmr has a rubber duck aerial. It's only the enthusiasts that jack an external aerial into their gear.
CB, designed from the get go to work mobile.
Time tested, rugged, transportable, and above all INTERNATIONAL!