Spacelog Mercury 6

Canaveral Com Tech. How do you copy? Over.

Hello, Canaveral Com Tech. Friendship Seven. Loud and clear; how me?

Roger, Friendship Seven. This is Canaveral Com Tech. Copy you loud and clear, also. Standby for Cap Com please.

Roger.

Hello, Cap Com. Friendship Seven. Fuel is 62-60 [percent]; oxygen is 62-95 [percent]; amps 23. Over.

Friendship Seven, reading you loud and clear. I'll give you the 3 Bravo Time, 03 22 26. Over.

Roger, 03 22 26, for 3 Bravo. Is that affirm?

… 3 Charlie 03 40 18. Over.

Roger, 03 40 18 for 3 Charlie.

That is correct. At this time change your retro setting manually to 04 32 38. Over.

Roger, 04 plus 32 plus 38.

Roger, retrograde time is reset to 04 plus 32 plus 38. Over.

Roger, Seven. We recommend for the third orbit that you use gyros as you desire either normal or free so that in the event prior to retrofire on the third orbit that the scanners and ASCS do not program properly you may use your gyros in the free position for attitude reference. Over.

Roger. This is Friendship Seven. I have a fair, pretty good line-up now on the gyros, I believe. The check that I made on the night side was okay but they drifted off again, apparently rather rapidly in fact. I got another check on it and they seem to have corrected back pretty good now. I did not have to cage them again. Over.

Roger, Seven, we understand. The only problem is that you may not have enough light time prior yo retrofire.

Roger.

Let the gyros work in the free position if you desire. Over.

Roger. Friendship Seven.

Also, Seven, we recommend that you allow the capsule to drift on manual control in order to conserve fuel. Over.

Roger. Friendship Seven.

Seven, this is Cape. Standby for Z Cal.

Roger.

R Cal.

Cal off.

Roger.

Friendship Seven, this Bermuda Cap Com. We read you loud and clear.

Roger, Bermuda. Hear you loud and clear also.

Seven, this is Cape. Over.

Go ahead, Cape.

Correct your 3 Bravo time to 03 22 22. Over.

Roger, 03 22 22 for 3 Bravo.

Well, Seven, I'm having trouble, the seconds should be 32. Over.

Roger, 03 22 32.

Friendship Seven, this is Canary Cap Com. The Aeromed wants to talk to you. Over.

Roger. Go ahead, Aeromed.

This is Canary surgeon. Are you having any nausea, or have you experienced any nausea at all during the entire flight?

This is Friendship Seven. Negative. I have felt perfectly normal during the whole flight. I feel fine. Over.

Very good. Back to Cap Com.

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, do you want your inverter temperatures at this time?

Roger. This is Friendship Seven. Go ahead.

Roger. We're turning you over to Canary Systems.

Friendship Seven, this is Canary Systems. How do you read?

Go ahead, Canary Systems, go ahead.

The systems on the ground look fairly normal at this time. The temperatures are a little bit on the high side but there's nothing critical showing up. The latest reports show that the inverters are about 200 [degrees] and 210 [degrees]; this does not seem to be critical. They should be holding all this level. Do you understand?

Roger. Friendship Seven.

All other systems are as you reported to me.

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Atlantic Ship Cap, Com Tech. How do you read? Over.

Hello, Atlantic Cap Com. Read you loud and clear. How me? Over.

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Atlantic Ship Com Tech. We read you weak but broken, weak but broken.

Roger. Friendship Seven. Fuel 64-54 [percent], oxygen 62-94 [percent], amps 23. Over.

Hello, Atlantic Ship: Atlantic Cap Com. Friendship Seven, do you receive? Over.

Friendship Seven, this is ATS Cap Com. How do you read me? Over. And what mode are you on for communications? Over.

This is Friendship Seven. I'm on HF at present time, on HF. I'll shift to UHF— is, if you're in solid contact. Over.

Roger, Friendship Seven. We have TM contact, we have TM contact. Switch to UHF please.

Roger, switching to UHF.

Atlantic Ship, this is Friendship Seven. Over.

Hello, Atlantic Ship. Friendship Seven. Over.

Friendship Seven, this is ATS Cap Com. Read only the last part of your transmission. Say again, please.

Atlantic Ship, This is Friendship Seven. Wish you would pass to Cape. I let the capsule drift around to the 180° position and I am having to reorient at present time. When Iain all lined with the horizon and the periscope, my attitude indications now are way off. My roll indicates 30° right; my yaw indicates 35 [degrees] right; and pitch indicates plus 40 [degrees]; I repeat plus 40 [degrees] when I am in orbit attitude. Over.

Did you receive?

Roger, Friendship Seven. I read you a little broken. You have discrepancies in attitudes of 30° right in roll, 35 [degrees] right in yaw and plus 40 [degrees] in pitch. Confirm, please. Over.

That is affirmative. I am realigning the capsule at present time and wilt cage and uncage the gyros before I go on the dark side. Over.

Roger. We will standby.

This is Friendship Seven, ATS. Do you receive?

Roger, Friendship Seven. Reading you loud and clear. Over.

This is Friendship Seven, in orbit attitude present time, caging gyros.

Rog.

Gyros to cage, ready now.

This is Friendship Seven. Gyros are back on normal, going back to orbit attitude and will try ASCS. Over.

Roger. Standing by.

Friendship Seven. Going to ASCS. Ready-now.

Friendship Seven, this is ATS Cap Com. Do you read me? Over.

Roger, ATS.

Friendship Seven, you are getting weak, you are getting weak. Over.

This is Friendship Seven. Did not read you, ATS.

Friendship Seven, this is Zanzibar Com Tech, transmitting on HF UHF.

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Zanzibar Com Tech, transmitting on HF UHF. Do you read? Over.

Hello, Zanzibar Com Tech. Zanzibar Com Tech, Friendship Seven. Receive you weak but readable. How me? Over.

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Zanzibar Com Tech transmitting HF UHF. You're weak and garbled, weak and garbled. Do not copy. Over.

Roger. Friendship Seven. I receive you rather garbled, also. My condition is good. Fuel 5, correction, fuel 64-48 [percent]; oxygen 52-92 [percent]. Over.

(ATS) Friendship Seven, this is ATS Cap Com. I'm reading you very clear, very clear. Could you give me the reason for the errors in your attitudes, please?