Welcome! I’m new myself, both to GMRS and the forum. I’ve made a permission request to a repeater owner through the repeater map on this site and was granted permission rather quickly. I’m not saying it’s the only way, or even the preferred means of requesting permission, but it worked in my case.
It seems the majority of GMRS radios advertise 999 memory presets. Are folks actually filling up these memory banks? Which bands have traffic to monitor? I just purchased a Wouxun KG-Q10G, which allows me the CB channels, and I suppose air band is an option. I’m in Pennsylvania so maritime is out and most police traffic is P25. I’m curious to know what others are monitoring.