Why should I be interested in any of what you're going on about? My GMRS and Technician licenses issued on the same day not quite two months ago. I'm intereste

Why should I be interested in any of what you're going on about? My GMRS and Technician licenses issued on the same day not quite two months ago. I'm interested in immediate family communications, communicating with people in my area, and potentially calling for help from nearby strangers. I only decided to get the Amateur license because I realized the valley in western NC where we have a home does not have a GMRS repeater but there is an Amateur club running VHF/UHF, and figured I'd have better luck convincing them to add GMRS by joining their club than as an outsider. A cheap Chinese UHF/VHF/GMRS HT with a knock-off NA-771 reaches as far as my family needs. And FWIW, the top feed on Broadcastify the past few days is coming from a VHF repeater on Mount Mitchell (N2GE via W4HTP due to lack of Internet).