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IMO, your best option is to not go alone and take a reliable source of communication like a Garmin InReach Sat-communicator, or a new iPhone with satellite connectivity.. Otherwise, unless you have someone waiting & listening for you, and you KNOW that your radio will reach them from wherever you may be (which is doubtful), you do not have a reliable means to call for help.. Or Pizza.. Source: I have done a bit of high-temperature, long-range hiking in the desert

For a line of site that includes terrain try this tool.

Open Google maps, find the two or more points you want to measure. right click on the first point and click measure distance, then move to the second point and right click again and click distance to here, and it will display the straight line and the distance in miles and kilometers. You can continue to left click and it will add additional points and add to the total length.

That’s the correct screen. Now just change the mode. I think it’s the up and down arrows but I don’t remember for sure.

I dont know if they have SAR/Anyone always listening, I'll leave that up to a local to answer, but I can tell you that unless you have good line-of-sight to whoever is monitoring, or the repeater they are monitoring, it wont matter.

Because I build networks, I use this. UISP Design Center

To follow up, I got the radio working. I emailed back and forth with Buy Two Way Radios and eventually sent it back for an RMA. I spoke with their engineer on the phone while they had it and he was able to connect to repeaters without issue, so they sent the radio back. I received it yesterday. I got it all setup and I still could not connect to the repeater I wanted. I started to think to myself. I could connect to the repeater with my KG935G+ and it's only a 5watt handheld radio. So, the only thing I never tried before was turning the power output down on the KG1000G+. I changed it from high power to medium power (which is 20watts) and low and behold, it connected! I spoke with another operator; he told me it sounded great, a full 5x5. So, every other configuration setting I had was correct, I feel better about that. We did net check-ins a little later on and I mentioned my success and what I had changed, and another operator said he had experienced the same issue once before with a Motorola radio he owned. Can anyone explain, why lowering the power output of my radio would have made a difference? I'm just curious.

The software is free and the cable comes with the radio at no extra charge.

You, ah, might want to dial back the belligerence a bit if you want anyone to be willing to help you the next time you have a question...

Paint the pole and antenna a neutral color, hang some potted plants or bird feeder(s) on it (the mast) and only a Karen would give it a second look. There are lots of ways to hide antennas with a little creativity. Then you do not have to remove/install it when you want to use it. Leave the pole collapsed for some time and then raise it a couple feet every few days/weeks and most won't even notice the change. If you are on a second floor or higher, most people don't look up. I know a person that had a large ham radio wire antenna in an apartment complex. He used a drone to drop it across several trees at night. Had it up for maybe a year before he purchased a house.

V/M and Main move the cursor and up and down change the selection of the field the cursor is at if I remember right. Though I don't think you can move to highlight the firmware version on that particular screen, but I also haven't tried.

You have a ground floor unit or a multilevel unit building? If you have a top floor unit up several levels all you need do is clear the roof line. That’s effectively a small tower, better than what a lot of other people have.

Lol yes it's a mystery to me why CB keydown contests are a thing. But hey maybe that's what's missing from GMRS.

Ohh yeah, I forgot to mention that. I agree with WRQG411 on the Midland PL259 mount / cable. I was able hide the cable in the gap between the frame and the fender cover fabric. Just loosen the bolts holding the top on and shove the cable behind them. From there you can run the same line down until you reach the rear floor mat.

One thing I like about the Midland mount/cables is that the PL259 connector unscrews from the cable and is much smaller, allowing a smaller hole for bringing the cable into the cab of the vehicle. The 400 is popular as I understand that there is CPS available to program it, while the 275 and 575 are programmed from the hand mic.

Dont forget to discuss the merits of picking up chicks via the proper and legal use of both a quality belt-clip and a wrist-strap.