Spacelog Mercury 6

Cape recommends that you reenter on ASCS with manual for backup.

Roger, this is Friendship Seven. Understand recommend ASCS with manual backup.

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.

Roger, understand. I have all that down. Could you give us a blood pressure please?

Roger. Standby.

Friendship Seven, can you give me both your primary and secondary oxygen?

Roger, primary oxygen is 62 [percent], secondary is 94 [percent].

Roger.

This is Friendship Seven. I'm letting it drift a little bit to the right here to look up north.

Friendship Seven, Bermuda Cap Com.

Go ahead Bermuda.

Your fans inverter temperature is 205 [degrees] and your ASCS temperature is 195 [degrees].

Roger, sounds real good, Gus, fine.

You're in good shape.

Roger.

Friendship Seven, you want to go to HF now?

Roger, Friendship Seven. Going to HF.

Friendship Seven, Bermuda Cap Com. How do you read on HF?

Bermuda, Friendship Seven. Loud and clear; how me?

You're weak but readable, John.

Roger.

Friendship Seven, Bermuda we have lost TM contact.

Roger, understand LOS.

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 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?