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Lol. :D I don't know much either and would also like to hear what experienced people have to say. I asked this one time, myself. What I did learn is that you need classes and a license to operate a ham radio. I think anybody can operate a CB. Hams are also quite pricey. I think cb's are more affordable, but you might not have the range - that can depend a great deal on the terrain and the weather, too though. So there's what I know. I hope more people post about it.
You're right that most new ham radio transceivers are much more expensive than CB radios because they're expected to operate on multiple bands, multiple modes and have very high performance receivers with features like digital noise reduction and variable filtering. However there are still options for cheaper equipment: older, used equipment can still be very good, and there are some compelling cheaper options from China (understandably might not be popular on this site!). You can even modify some CB radios to operate on the 10m band.
Thank you for that info.
My baofeng was under 30 bucks. If you want a base station that's another story.
Hmm.