Just some thoughts about oft abused system. This is a subject that some folks seem to understand and others show no awareness of. I've seen people use Range as a chat channel and while it can be used that way, its not optimal.
Keep in mind that Range is used by everyone in the area and because of way the internet works, there is a delay between the time you transmit and your intended recipient gets the message.
This means that if it gets clogged with extraneous chat about what you did 4 weeks ago on Sunday, however interesting that might be to you and who you are talking to, someone else may not get a warning of the bandit dropping on their tail in time to do anything about it. If you want to chat with someone, tune to a different channel, that's why there are 999 of them. Don't make the rest of the folks around you have to go through a conversation that is not of interest or use to them.
If you are giving someone a check and not using the check six key, say who is the recipient is. Yelling break without that means that nearly every friendly in your area either will a) break reflexively b) have to look around for a possible threat.
If you can tell, tell them where it is in reference to them. Makes it easier to find the threat.
When calling in a bogie, just saying "High bogie" or "High Badguy" isn't super helpful, Lots of people will get the message who can't even see it because its not in con range yet. Give a location that everyone can figure out, "High 109, north of the field."
I know it sounds very professional and pilot like to say, "5 bogies, 12 o'clock high." but this doesn't give any info to someone who is not flying with you and knows which direction you are facing. It is more helpful to give a reference to a common point everyone knows. For instance if you are escorting a group of bombers say, "7 51s 5 o'clock to the bombers." Where you can GIVE ALTITUDE. Other than location this is the most important piece of info.
If you are going to help someone say who you are going to help and your distance out. They want to know how soon they can expect help. If the badguy turns off, call it, they may not have seen it yet.
If you are calling you a bomber group or a cv, or typing it on country channel, give composition, keypad location, direction and alt. This makes the information actionable and will help your country to mobilize. In contrast a message that says, "Gazillions of bad guys coming to a109." is information but not super useful.
Make your transmissions short and information dense. Be aware of what is going on. While you and others in your immediate area may not be threatened other folks could be very busy. If you are in a GV, be aware that fighters and bombers are using the same channel. Going on for 10 minutes about how its unfair your bullets are richocheting off your target, may be momentarily satisfying but its not really helping anything. You might need some of these folks help and they will be more inclined if you look like you know what you are doing.
All of this goes double if you are in a scenario
