Sadly I think Monitoring Times and Grove Industry’s are no longer with us.
Great bunch of believers, but the money wasn’t there.
For real short radio comms you don't especially want to go real far GMRS does the job. For emergencies, hunting, or SHTF and you need property communication it will do the trick. But I know of an instance where using a handheld HAM a kid had summoned help down in a gorge in the 140's MHZ band.