That’s great—and I wonder if CB might get better results than a cellphone in some areas. Cell may not get reception (for emerg call to police etc) but maybe CB would work...
I imagine with the low sun spot activity, they have had a good 15 mile reach at night without going to single sideband transmissions.
Five to Fifteen miles was about normal range for most road talk on CBs. I could talk twenty or better, but receiving a reply was patchy.
In those days I was a skinny tall guy so my handle was “Bird Legs”.