Aiming point - a very well made point. Of course, the US never clog up 121.5 with anything other than genuine emergencies, do they?
Oh. Hold on. What about ELT's? Oh dear, that's blown that argument.
But of course, unintentional ELT activation is far less likely to cause un-warranted SAR activity than an RT call preceeded by >>>>>>PRACICE<<<<<<&l t; PAN, >>>>>>>>PRACTICE<<<<< <<< PAN, isn't it?