windsock9, can I remind you of the following from CAP413 regarding the radio check :
1.15.1 Test transmissions should take the following form:
a) the identification of the aeronautical station being called;
b) the aircraft identification;
c) the words ‘RADIO CHECK’;
d) the frequency being used.
While it might be your personal hate, people who specify the frequency in a radio check are in fact using the correct phraseology.
Regards
Stoney X