That's what I was taught to do and furthermore to broadcast blind on the radio my intentions and actions just in case I was transmitting and not receiving. Of course in those far distant days radios had valves and could do one or the other.
This might be of some use as a guide and these days you've probably got a transponder. Constellations didn't have those gizmos.
CAA Flight Instructor Guide ? Circuit Training: Radio Failure
http://www.casa.gov.au/wcmswr/_asset...ta_booklet.pdf