Dominie wrote:I was still squawking the same code he had given me and so I said "Approach, G-ABCD, back with you." If he had forgotten me and I had just said just the full call sign, he might have replied "Pass your message". So three extra words in a fairly quiet atmosphere seems quite sensible to me.
I tend to agree.
It's perhaps more pertinent with the recent(ish) changes where you give what's wanted in your initial call so they can get the right strip rather than just giving your callsign.
"G-ABCD, basic service"
Likewise, if you say "G-ABCD with you" they know you're on a handover from somewhere rather than making an initial call.
Well it makes sense in my head!
As for pressing the PTT and not giving important information straight away, transmitters of old would require a few tenths of a second to get going properly after the button was pressed. My aeroplane radio is still one "of old", though the handheld I use in these 8.33 days is a modern one!