in Ireland we do practice pans without pushing the ptt button, you just have to demonstrate that you're doing it as part of your PFL, but you don't transmit. I'm surprised that this isn't a practice across the EU
I thought the practice PAN was a method to discover your position when unsure. You then had to triangulate and find out where you are. Or this is a mistake? If true, then surely you have to transmit? However, it is Ireland: and a real personal story comes to mind. I was out in the sticks, in my car, following a map, but roads & forest tracks & farm roads were difficult to differentiate. It seemed obvious to me I'd missed a turning onto a correct road. I turned around and drove back to a small cottage where the elderly gentleman was working in the garden. With map in hand I approached and said "I was lost." "oh no you're not", he said with a smile, "I know her you are, you're here." No doubting that.