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00 03 07 03
Comm Tech: Canaveral Com Tech. How do you copy? Over.
00 03 07 05
John Glenn: Hello, Canaveral Com Tech. Friendship Seven. Loud and clear; how me?
00 03 07 09
Comm Tech: Roger, Friendship Seven. This is Canaveral Com Tech. Copy you loud and clear, also. Standby for Cap Com please.
00 03 07 14
John Glenn: Roger.
00 03 07 16
John Glenn: Hello, Cap Com. Friendship Seven. Fuel is 62-60 [percent]; oxygen is 62-95 [percent]; amps 23. Over.
00 03 07 28
CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, reading you loud and clear. I'll give you the 3 Bravo Time, 03 22 26. Over.
00 03 07 42
John Glenn: Roger, 03 22 26, for 3 Bravo. Is that affirm?
00 03 07 47
CAPCOM: … 3 Charlie 03 40 18. Over.
00 03 07 54
John Glenn: Roger, 03 40 18 for 3 Charlie.
00 03 08 00
CAPCOM: That is correct. At this time change your retro setting manually to 04 32 38. Over.
00 03 08 11
John Glenn: Roger, 04 plus 32 plus 38.
00 03 08 25
John Glenn: Roger, retrograde time is reset to 04 plus 32 plus 38. Over.
00 03 08 32
CAPCOM: 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.
00 03 08 58
John Glenn: 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.
00 03 09 22
CAPCOM: Roger, Seven, we understand. The only problem is that you may not have enough light time prior yo retrofire.
00 03 09 30
John Glenn: Roger.
00 03 09 31
CAPCOM: Let the gyros work in the free position if you desire. Over.
00 03 09 37
John Glenn: Roger. Friendship Seven.
00 03 09 39
CAPCOM: Also, Seven, we recommend that you allow the capsule to drift on manual control in order to conserve fuel. Over.
00 03 09 48
John Glenn: Roger. Friendship Seven.
00 03 09 55
CAPCOM: Seven, this is Cape. Standby for Z Cal.
00 03 09 58
John Glenn: Roger.
00 03 10 08
CAPCOM: R Cal.
00 03 10 20
CAPCOM: Cal off.
00 03 10 21
John Glenn: Roger.
00 03 10 30
CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, this Bermuda Cap Com. We read you loud and clear.
00 03 10 33
John Glenn: Roger, Bermuda. Hear you loud and clear also.
00 03 10 36
CAPCOM: Seven, this is Cape. Over.
00 03 10 38
John Glenn: Go ahead, Cape.
00 03 10 40
CAPCOM: Correct your 3 Bravo time to 03 22 22. Over.
00 03 10 48
John Glenn: Roger, 03 22 22 for 3 Bravo.
00 03 10 54
CAPCOM: Well, Seven, I'm having trouble, the seconds should be 32. Over.
00 03 10 57
John Glenn: Roger, 03 22 32.
00 03 11 02
CAPCOM: Good Show.
00 03 11 04
John Glenn: Roger. Roger.
00 03 11 11
John Glenn: Hello Bermuda. Friendship Seven. It's over to you. Over.
00 03 11 14
CAPCOM: Roger, Friendship Seven. We have nothing for you, you're in good shape.
00 03 11 18
John Glenn: Roger, this is Friendship Seven. I have the Cape in sight down there. It looks real fine from up here.
00 03 11 24
CAPCOM: Rog. Rog.
00 03 11 26
John Glenn: As you know.
00 03 11 29
CAPCOM: Yea, verily, Sonny.
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00 03 11 37
John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven, Flor-, I can see the whole state of Florida just laid out like on a map. Beautiful.
00 03 11 45
CAPCOM: Very good.
00 03 11 49
John Glenn: Even from this position out here, I can still see clear back to the Mississippi Delta.
00 03 12 32
John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven, checking down in Area Hotel on the weather and it looks good down that way. Looks like we'll have no problem on recovery.
00 03 12 41
CAPCOM: Very good. We'll see you in Grand Turk.
00 03 12 43
John Glenn: Yes, Sir.
00 03 12 48
John Glenn: In fact, I can see clear down, see all the islands clear down that whole chain from up here, … I can see way beyond them and area Hotel looks excellent for recovery.
00 03 13 13
CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, Bermuda Cap Com.
00 03 13 15
John Glenn: Go ahead, Bermuda.
00 03 13 17
CAPCOM: Cape recommends that you reenter on ASCS with manual for backup.
00 03 13 22
John Glenn: Roger, this is Friendship Seven. Understand recommend ASCS with manual backup.
00 03 13 29
John Glenn: This, this operation of ASCS has been very erratic. I have not been able to pin it down to any particular, one particular item. It went off one direction in yaw at one time; it went off the other the next time. I felt for a little while that pitch was drifting. It seemed to have a little stuck thrust in pitch at one time and I have to keep correcting that and that corrected itself and then I was off in roll just after I came off the dark side this time. Over.
00 03 14 00
CAPCOM: Roger, understand. I have all that down. Could you give us a blood pressure please?
00 03 14 03
John Glenn: Roger. Standby.
00 03 14 33
CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, can you give me both your primary and secondary oxygen?
00 03 14 38
John Glenn: Roger, primary oxygen is 62 [percent], secondary is 94 [percent].
00 03 14 45
CAPCOM: Roger.
00 03 15 18
John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. I'm letting it drift a little bit to the right here to look up north.
00 03 15 30
CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, Bermuda Cap Com.
00 03 15 32
John Glenn: Go ahead Bermuda.
00 03 15 34
CAPCOM: Your fans inverter temperature is 205 [degrees] and your ASCS temperature is 195 [degrees].
00 03 15 44
John Glenn: Roger, sounds real good, Gus, fine.
00 03 15 47
CAPCOM: You're in good shape.
00 03 15 48
John Glenn: Roger.
00 03 16 18
CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, you want to go to HF now?
00 03 16 22
John Glenn: Roger, Friendship Seven. Going to HF.
00 03 16 37
CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, Bermuda Cap Com. How do you read on HF?
00 03 16 41
John Glenn: Bermuda, Friendship Seven. Loud and clear; how me?
00 03 16 44
CAPCOM: You're weak but readable, John.
00 03 16 48
John Glenn: Roger.
00 03 17 08
CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, Bermuda we have lost TM contact.
00 03 17 11
John Glenn: Roger, understand LOS.
00 03 17 43
John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. I've drifted around almost to the 180° point again.
00 03 18 02
CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, Bermuda Cap Com. Are you still in contact?
00 03 18 05
John Glenn: Roger, this is Friendship Seven. I'm around at the 180 [degree] point. I'm facing the direction I'm traveling, Gus. Do you still receive? Over.
00 03 18 18
CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, Bermuda Cap Com. We do not read you.
00 03 18 22
John Glenn: Roger, Bermuda.
00 03 20 28
Comm Tech: Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is CYI Com Tech, CYI Com Tech. Do you read? Over.
00 03 20 34
John Glenn: Hello, Canary Com Tech. On HF; how do you receive me? Loud and clear from you. Over.
00 03 20 41
Comm Tech: Friendship Seven, this is CYI Com Tech. Do you read? Over.
00 03 20 46
John Glenn: Roger, Canary.
00 03 20 49
Comm Tech: Rog, Roger. Read you 5 by, read you 5 by, here in the Canaries. Over.
00 03 20 54
John Glenn: Roger, Friendship Seven. I read you loud and clear on HF, also.
00 03 21 01
CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Canary Cap Com. I read you loud and clear.
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00 03 21 07
John Glenn: Roger, Canary. Loud and clear here also.
00 03 21 13
CAPCOM: Would you give me a brief station report? Over.
00 03 21 16
John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. Fuel is 62-54. [percent]. Oxygen is 62-94, [percent], amps 24. Over.
00 03 21 30
CAPCOM: Understand that auto fuel is 63 [percent] and manual fuel is 94 [percent]. Over.
00 03 21 36
John Glenn: Negative. Manual fuel is 54 [percent], 54 [percent]. Over.
00 03 21 41
CAPCOM: 54 [percent]. Over.
00 03 21 49
John Glenn: Canary, did you get manual fuel at 54 [percent] fiver four? Over.
00 03 21 54
CAPCOM: Roger. Manual fuel at 54 [percent].
00 03 22 02
CAPCOM: Friendship Seven, this is Canary Cap Com. How do you feel?
00 03 22 06
John Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. I feel fine; no effects whatsoever, none.
00 03 22 12
CAPCOM: Friendship Seven. Are you still seeing the particles around your capsule?
00 03 22 17
John Glenn: Negative. I don't seem to see them around here on this side. I saw a few, just a few just after I left Canaveral and turned around facing forward. They were coming toward me at that time. I was going, so I know that they were not coming from the capsule at all. I saw the particles in huge quantities at each sunrise so far. Over.
00 03 22 42
CAPCOM: Say again, Friendship Seven.
00 03 22 44
John Glenn: The particles I saw were mainly at sunrise each time around. Over.
00 03 22 51
CAPCOM: I understand. What control mode are you on?

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