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I know a lot of people hate the licensing process and think there should not be any, but the FCC keeps big business and people with more money than Joe Q. User from bullying their way into radio spectrum that individual private users access. The only way the FCC can track exactly how popular the bands are and how many users are actually using it, is via the licensing process. If there isn't enough traceable activity, the FCC will sell the space to commercial users and we will lose our allocations. I only mention this because, I think if we run into people that are unlicensed in a services that they should have one, we should explain this situation to them in encourage them to spend the little bit of effort and funds so we can all continue to enjoy the services over the coming years. One is a CCR, the other is an ECR. LOL

I'd try joining the KeasbeyNj700 group on zello and asking there, since it's pretty active and has a strong NJ presence. Keep in mind that it's a linked repeater so not everyone will be from Jersey, but you'll probably have better luck getting Jersey people there. And of course we're sorry to see you go, but at least you'll be helping someone with a brand new radio at a discount. (I've got the same model and like it so far).

If you really needed the RT97 to ID you can get the RT97S which can be connected to a Raspberry Pi and the ID can be done through that. If you don't want to do that or can't do that at the repeater location just use another radio to send the ID over the input frequency from a remote location. Done. But in all honesty the GMRS repeaters I have run across don't ID...as do the cast majority of simplex GMRS users (Bubble Pack Users)

The Midland 275 is about as close to a ‘plug-n-play’ mobile GMRS as there is.

If you're programing the repeater on a repeater channel, it will transmit the offset automatically. You shouldn't have to do anything except program in the CTCSS or DCS tones for that particular repeater.