REGARDING "HEY BOB" Calls.
Don't you guys ever use what we call "winchester" for goof off calls? Winchester being: 123.45mhz?
named such (I didn't make this up) for the quick firing lever action winchester rifle shooting : 12345 shots (5)
we also use EARL SCHIEB: 129.95 mhz (this named after a southern california car painting place which used to advertise painting any car for $29.95)
Also, "top of the FM dial" 135.975mhz (highest vhf frequency on most radio sets/aviation band).
I also appreciate that flying in the USA might be much easier than the multiple airspace /national boundries flying in europe you all contend with. We won't get shot down for flying between california and nevada with lost com...maybe over DC, but not the many states (at least not yet)
jon