You said you can talk 100 miles with a Cobra 29 and I think it's easily achievable to talk 30 miles out of a mobile with that same Cobra 29 so I think you and I can both agree that Bob screwed his customer that can only talk 3 miles with a Stryker 497...
Vaseline not included..
The funny part was the customer liked it
All I know for sure is the guy on your watergate talking on the radio that Bob set up cut the other guys lips off at the 9 second mark. According to your logic that's real world proof.