Spacelog Mercury 6

This is Friendship Seven. I've drifted around almost to the 180° point again.

Friendship Seven, Bermuda Cap Com. Are you still in contact?

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.

Friendship Seven, Bermuda Cap Com. We do not read you.

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

Hello, Canary Com Tech. On HF; how do you receive me? Loud and clear from you. Over.

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

Roger, Canary.

Rog, Roger. Read you 5 by, read you 5 by, here in the Canaries. Over.

Roger, Friendship Seven. I read you loud and clear on HF, also.

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Canary Cap Com. I read you loud and clear.

Roger, Canary. Loud and clear here also.

Would you give me a brief station report? Over.

This is Friendship Seven. Fuel is 62-54. [percent]. Oxygen is 62-94, [percent], amps 24. Over.

Understand that auto fuel is 63 [percent] and manual fuel is 94 [percent]. Over.

Negative. Manual fuel is 54 [percent], 54 [percent]. Over.

54 [percent]. Over.

Canary, did you get manual fuel at 54 [percent] fiver four? Over.

Roger. Manual fuel at 54 [percent].

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

This is Friendship Seven. I feel fine; no effects whatsoever, none.

Friendship Seven. Are you still seeing the particles around your capsule?

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.

Say again, Friendship Seven.

The particles I saw were mainly at sunrise each time around. Over.

I understand. What control mode are you on?

This is Friendship Seven. I am in manual. Over.

Roger. Understand.

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?

This is Friendship Seven. That's a good question. I wish I knew, too. These errors have been off and on all during the flight. I have caged and recaged the gyros, caged and uncaged the gyros. I'm back in orbit attitude now but it is not, the attitude indicators are showing orbit attitude but it's not. By looking out at the horizon, I am about 20° right in roll and 20° too much on pitch down. I'm down to about probably 55° down in pitch by visual observation and about 20° right in roll. Yaw appears to be holding okay now. Over.