Spacelog Mercury 6

This is Friendship Seven broadcasting blind to Mercury Network on from just off the east coast over middle Atlantic, check completed at 15.

… testing on HF GMT 16 31 59 MARK. I read the capsule weak, but readable. Cape, out.

Friendship Seven, this is Bermuda Cap Com on HF. We did not read the capsule. GMT 16 32 15.

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is CYI. The time now 16 32 26. We are reading you loud and clear; we are reading you loud and clear. CYI.

This is Friendship Seven on UHF. As I went over recovery area that time, I could see a wake, what appeared to be a long wake in the water. I imagine that's the ships in our recovery area.

Friendship Seven, … We do not read you, do not read you. Over.

Friendship Seven, this is Kano. At GMT 16 33 00. We do not. … This is Kano. Out.

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is CYI Com Tech. Over.

Hello, Canary. Friendship Seven. Receive you loud and a little garbled. Do you receive me? Over.

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is CYI Com Tech. Over.

Hello, Canary, Friendship Seven. I read you loud and clear. How me? Over.

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is CYI Com Tech. Over.

Hello, CYI Com Tech. Friendship Seven. How do you read me? Over.

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is CYI, CYI Com Tech. Do you read? Over.

Roger. This is Friendship Seven, CYI. I read you loud and clear. Over.

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is CYI Com Tech, CYI Com Tech. Do you read? Over.

Hello, CYI Com Tech. Roger, read you loud and clear.

Friendship Seven, this is CYI Com Tech. Read you loud and clear also, on UHF, on UHF. Standby.

Roger. Friendship Seven.

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Canary Cap Com. How do you read? Over.

Hello, Canary Cap Com. Friendship Seven. I read you loud and clear. How me?

I read you loud and clear. I am instructed to ask you to correlate the actions of the particles surrounding your spacecraft with the actions of your control jets. Do you read? Over.

This is Friendship Seven. I did not read you clear. I read you loud but very garbled. Over.

Roger. Cap asks you to correlate the actions of the particles surrounding the vehicle with the reaction of one of your control jets. Do you understand? Over.

This is Friendship Seven. I do not think they were from my control jets, negative. Over.

Roger, I understand.

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Canary Cap Com. Please complete your status report.

This is Friendship Seven. My status is excellent. I have control of capsule ,m fly-by-wire at present time. Control fuel is 80-100 [percent]; oxygen, 69-100 [percent]; amps, 22. Over.

Understand your auto fuel is 80 [percent], your manual fuel is 100 [percent], Main O₂ is 69 [percent], secondary O₂ is 100 [percent]. Over.

Roger. This is Friendship Seven.

Friendship Seven, would you take a deep breath?

Roger. Friendship Seven. Deep breath.

That's good.

This is Friendship Seven. Have Cape Verde Islands in sight to my left. Over.

Roger, I understand.

Friendship Seven, your medical status is excellent.

Roger. Friendship Seven.

This is Friendship Seven. The sun coming through the window is very warm where it hits the suit. I get quite a bit of heat from it.

Roger, I understand

Friendship Seven, are you going through your day horizon check?

This is Friendship Seven. Say again.

Are you going through the day horizon check?

This is Friendship Seven. Negative, not at present time. I am going to start into a yaw right very shortly. Over.

Roger, I understand.

This is Friendship Seven. Correction: will do day horizon check now.

Roger. Standing by.

Friendship Seven, coming up to 14°.

When are you coming up?

… coming up. …

Say again. You're very garbled. This is Friendship Seven.

Roger. We have you at 3° on the ground on TM readouts.

Roger. Friendship Seven.

We have you about 14 [degrees].

This is Friendship Seven. I have no problem at all controlling on the horizon. Over.

Roger, understand you have no problem at all controlling with the horizon.

That's affirmative.

This is Friendship Seven.

Friendship Seven, I read you.

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is ATS Cap Com. Over.

Hello, ATS Cap Com. Loud and clear; how me?

Roger, Friendship Seven. You are loud and clear, also.

This is Friendship Seven. My troubles in yaw appear to have largely reversed.

Friendship Seven, we just lost. …

Roger. Troubles appear to have reversed. Over.

That is affirmative. At one time, I had no left low thrust in yaw, now that one is working, and I now have no low right thrust in yaw. Over.

Roger, no right yaw, low thrust. Over.

Roger. This is Friendship Seven. Starting 180° yaw right. Over.

Roger. Starting 180° yaw light. Standing by, go ahead.

MARK 50° .

This is Friendship Seven. Say again.

My mark was on 50 degrees.

Roger.

MARK, a hundred.

Roger.

This is Friendship Seven. Have yawed 165 [degrees], holding orbit attitude in roll and pitch. Over.

Roger, I confirm, confirm your values. Over.

Roger. Friendship Seven.

This is Friendship Seven, holding 180° in yaw. Over.

Roger, holding 180° in yaw.

This is Friendship Seven.

Go ahead, Friendship Seven.

This is Friendship Seven. I like this attitude very much, so you can see where you're going. Over.

Roger, say you liked your attitude? Over.

Say again, please. Over.

Friendship Seven, this is ATS Cap Com, suggest you. … Over.

This is Friendship Seven. I have a loose bolt floating around inside the periscope.

Did not read, did not read. Say again, say again.

This is Friendship Seven, yawing back to orbit attitude. Over.

Roger, coming back to orbit attitude. Over.

Friendship Seven, this is Kano Cap Com, standing by.

Hello, Kano. Roger. Hear you loud and clear.

Friendship Seven, this is Kano. Any time you're ready, we'd like your status report. We hear you loud and clear, also.

Roger, Kano. This is Friendship Seven. I am presently returning to orbit attitude from 180° yaw check. Over.

Roger, Friendship Seven. We marked that your part of the transmission pretty clearly over ATS, and understand you like the old attitude.

Negative, I like the forward-facing attitude much better. Like,. …

But, how is your status, and your station report?

This is Friendship Seven. My status is good. Control fuel is 76-100 [percent]; oxygen, 68-100 [percent]; amps, 25. Over.

Roger, Friendship Seven. We are monitoring your inverters. Your 150-volt inverter 200°, your 250, 180°-180°.

Roger. Friendship Seven.

Friendship Seven, we have telemetry solid and check all your systems out okay. We will remind you to start pre-darkside check list as soon as you lose contact with us.

Roger. Friendship Seven.

This is Friendship Seven, back in orbit attitude. Over.

Roger, understand back in orbit attitude.

This is Friendship Seven. That's affirm.