MISC AIR MOVEMENTS

[AIRMAN]

Tuesdays seem to be busy mornings for aircraft....here's some of what what I heard this morning from my home:

AEST (GMT+10)
0658 JOZ TWB GDI Est ETA @ 34
0705 HPP TWB RMA Visual with EWQ
0707 EWQ TWB RMA Visual with HPP
0712 QF959 BNE CBR No requirements heard on QANTAS frequency 129.5000
0720 QF16 LAX BNE STAR @ FL380
0722 CX107 HKG AKL Maybe via BNE?
0723 QF660 ADL BNE

Many others were heard, mostly on 121.2000

I was running my ICOM IC-R7 for this which I find is not as receptive on VHF AIRBAND as my UBCT9.
The ICOM doesn't work very well on a larger antenna either.

The UBCT9 has a delay option which would have been better if it was adjustable. 2 seconds isn't really a long enough time, hardly gives time for the response. 4 secs would have been ideal IMO.