None of my instructors (PPL / IMC) nor any other pilots I have flown with did so. As a student PPL when I suggested I would do it, it was greeted with a general lack of interest.
Nowadays I don't bother but what I do make sure of is that I have a thoroughly good look around the aircraft before cranking the engine - not a quick glance but a good few seconds proper scan. IMHO, this has got to be much better than a call that may not be heard anyway.
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