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00 02 24 37
John Glenn: Roger, going to UHF.
00 02 24 41
CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, Muchea Cap Com. How now? Over.
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CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, this is Muchea Cap Com. How are read now? Over.
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John Glenn: Hello, Muchea. Friendship Seven. Read you loud and clear; how me?
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CAPCOM: Loud and clear. You were coming in slightly garbled. Could you give us your fuel, oxygen and amps? Over.
00 02 25 01
John Glenn: Roger. Fuel, 60-85 [percent]; oxygen, 65-100 [percent]; amps, 22. Over.
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CAPCOM: Roger. Exhaust temperature?
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John Glenn: Exhaust temperature 50 [degrees]. Over.
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CAPCOM: Roger. Are you in fly-by-wire?
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John Glenn: Negative, I am on manual at present time. I'm down to 60 [percent] on automatic fuel, so I cut it off and I'm on manual at present time. Over.
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CAPCOM: Roger. How is your yaw thruster problem? Over.
00 02 25 32
John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. I am getting some erratic indications in all axes. When I align everything on orbit attitude by the instruments I am considerably off where I should be. I'm rolled some 20° to the right; I'm also yawed to the right a little bit. Over.
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CAPCOM: Roger, understand. Are you satisfied with the fly-by-wire and manual proportional systems? Over.
00 02 25 58
John Glenn: Fly-by-wire is not functioning in yaw low right. Over.
00 02 26 06
CAPCOM: Roger, low yaw right.
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John Glenn: That's affirmative. When I first had trouble with it, it was malfunctioning in low yaw left, and now low yaw left is operating okay, but low yaw right is not operating. Over.
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CAPCOM: Roger. Have you tried caging your gyros and re-erecting them. What do you think about this? Over.
00 02 26 27
John Glenn: Negative, have not yet. I want to get an alignment as soon as I get back in daylight and do just exactly that. I think my, I'm probably not—my scanners are probably not working right. Over.
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CAPCOM: Roger. Will you confirm the Landing Bag switch is in the off position? Over.
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John Glenn: That is affirmative. Landing Bag switch is in the center off position.
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CAPCOM: You haven't had any banging noises or anything of this type at higher rates?
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John Glenn: Negative.
00 02 26 57
CAPCOM: They wanted this answer. Do you have your retrosequence times 2 Dog, Easy, and Golf from Indian Ocean Ship?
00 02 27 03
John Glenn: Standby one. Yes, 2 Easy, and Golf, yes, I do have those.
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CAPCOM: Roger.
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CAPCOM: Do you have any, are you ready for Z and R Cal? Over.
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John Glenn: Affirmative, go ahead.
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CAPCOM: Cal coming through.
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CAPCOM: Any comments on weightlessness, etc.
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John Glenn: Negative, I have no ill effects whatsoever. I don't even really notice it now. I'm just, very comfortable.
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CAPCOM: Fine.
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John Glenn: I have the constellation of Orion up here in the window now. I'm holding a position on it.
00 02 27 45
CAPCOM: Roger, good. Your 150 VA is 200 [degrees]; your 250 VA is 190 [degrees]. Over.
00 02 27 51
John Glenn: Roger.
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CAPCOM: R Cal, coming now.
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CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, Muchea Cap Com. Do you still have high, both high thrusters in fly-by-wire? Over.
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John Glenn: That's affirmative, I do.
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CAPCOM: Roger.
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CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, Woomera Cap Com. We have contact, TM solid and UHF solid. Over.
00 02 28 40
John Glenn: Roger, Woomera.
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CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, are you ready to go ahead with this 30-minute report? Over.
00 02 28 49
John Glenn: Negative, not just at the moment. Stand by.
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CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven.
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CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, Muchea. Just a reminder to take your exercise after the blood pressure. Over, Woomera.
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John Glenn: Roger.
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CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, Woomera Cap Com. Do you read? Over.
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John Glenn: Go ahead, Woomera.
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CAPCOM: The Cape advises that you conduct this horizon check and cage the gyros, before California.
00 02 29 58
John Glenn: Say again, please, Woomera, did not understand.
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CAPCOM: Cape advises that you conduct this horizon check, and cage the gyros before California contact. Over.

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