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On 4/29/2025 at 1:22 PM, WSCC300 said:

I was on GMRS.  I also heard distant stations (along with local) again this morning.  I let the HT scan the gmrs channels it came with.  Thanks all for helping me make sense of this.

You were very likely listening to a linked repeater. There was a group  in Michigan that linked a large number of GMRS repeaters. At one point, when it was thought to be quasi-legal, they even had it on their powerpoint they presented to the State Police on why they should get some grant money and how they offer a public service. (They are using their own backhaul, on their own towers.)  They removed all information of the GMRS linking off the internet when the FCC redefined their thoughts on it, but did not stop linking the (their) repeaters. 
The info is still out there, just not on their website anymore. Here's a map of their linked GMRS receivers.  Whoops, won't let me upload a screenshot. But search on Mi8 GMRS.  Look at the document that shows up on a .gov domain.