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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.

What year and model Jeep do you have? The 2018+ Wrangler and all current generation Gladiator have plastic corner caps between the hood and A pillar. You should have no less than 7 inches of metal in every direction. While there is metal under the plastic, it's recessed too far to help. So, you may just need to slide the mount closer to the front. Also, not all antennas are created equal. One of the best antennas I have used to date, is the MXTA26. I have had even better performance out of my Diamond NR-7900... though that is a very large/heavy antenna and may not be a good choice for a front/hood/lip mount.

Take that one step further and right click on your distance line and choose 'Elevation Profile'..... Good for line of sight searching.. BTW,, i believe this only works in the GoogleEarth desktop version.

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

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.

I have heard rumors that they will be available for sale beginning the last week of July, and on the same day the worlds most popular and most widely-loved GMRS YouTuber will be releasing a video about all 4 of the new antennas. But, you know, those are just rumors...