It’s funny how on PPRuNe a pilot can be criticised in one thread for being on Area rather than 126.7, and in another thread a pilot can be criticised for being on 126.7 rather than Area.
It’s also funny that it’s OK for e.g. gliders and ultralights to punt around without transponders and without saying boo on Area or CTAF at a non-towered aerodrome, but if someone’s punting around with a transponder on it’s the end of the world if Centre can’t speak to her.
Jack: How do you know the pilot wasn’t using her single VHF to talk on 126.7 due to the vicinity of aerodromes? How do you know the aircraft’s VHF wasn’t U/S and the pilot carrying out a perfectly legal flight during which a VHF was not required to be carried?