Can my marine vhs be used inland as emergency radio.

Can my marine vhs be used inland as emergency radio.

I have the VHS marine radio, purchased for offshore use. Haven’t even connected power or it’s antenna bc I was informed this radio only works when close to a coastline, is this true or false? seams false bc lakes are inland.

Can this radio actually connect to other vhs or similar radios, like ham, cb, short wave, for when the devils cut off cell
Phones & LAN lines.
What are you Guys planning to use when in an emergency situation?

Additional: I have temporally connected power just to test if it did turn on which it did.it's a brand new radio just sitting for a couple 3 years.

Didn’t connect the antenna for 2 reasons 1.corrosion covering terminator. 2.fiberglass antennas tip is cracked a bit at the
Top section of antenna.

Attached a couple images of the radio stuff.
Thanks for any radio tips.

Ayuh,..... Usin' yer boat 2-way on land is like usin' a cb radio on the water,.....

The radios will work just fine, except nobody else is on those bands,.....

OK I was thinking the FCC mandates channel 9 on VHS an are also operating at the same frequency as CB radios channel 9
both are emergency channels.

so your saying VHS usually on water won't connect w/ CB thats usually on land & CBs only connect to CB an VHS only only connects w/VHS?

,Ayuh,..... CB is am, VHF is fm,...