Every now and then, I get to fly from a field where the official frequency is 123.45.
The constant chatting on the frequency at times becomes intense enough to pose a safety hazard. You have the big iron cruising overhead talking about this and that, swarms of German ultralights and assorted spam cans coming through discussing what they’ll eat that evening, the weather and what not, formation practise flights... imagine being stepped on by all that while trying to stop an aircraft from landing on a blocked runway. I’ve seen it happen.
So please, do stay off 123.45 unless you have it in print that it is the local dating hotline! Especially those of you in the big iron, as your radios will step all over smaller radios in a large area when you’re up at FL330.
If there is no approved chat frequency, tough luck. I know that at least here, you can (theoretically) have your radio license pulled if your message is not related to flying. But the radio is not intended for chatting anyway. A good book could be a solution? Or another job with more coworkers present, if you cannot work without talking?
Cheers,
Fred