On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 18:21:40 GMT, You wrote:

You can read a lot of stuff in the FAR's but what actually happens out
in bush is a Totally different thing. NOBODY maintains a listening
watch on 121.5Mhz while flying

I don't know what happens in the Alaska bush. I can tell you that in
the lower 48, east of the Mississippi (where I do most of my flying
these dayse), most folks - commercial and GA - have a radio tuned to
121.5. It is a post-9/11 / TFR / ADIZ thing.

Believe it or not. Your choce.