I've always thought that MAX distance rule was stupid. When you put a Citizen's Band in an HF portion, that gets more openings than the neighboring 10M Amateur Band, what did they think was going to happen? Still, CB has its place. Want to go deep into wooded areas, with hills & valleys, VHF MURS, and especially UHF FRS / GMRS, just have no penetration. Let alone, 800MHz cell phone.