Spacelog Mercury 6

Are you in manual proportional or fly-by-wire now?

I'm in fly-by-wire now.

This is Friendship Seven. Negative. I did not eat on that last round because of, I was busy with the ASCS problem. Over.

Friendship Seven, let's have your fuel readings. Over.

Say again, Woonera.

Let's have your fuel readings. Over.

Roger. Fuel readings are 50-45 [percent], correction 52-45 [percent], over.

Roger,… temperature. Over.

Say again please. Over.

Friendship Seven, you are fading … temperature. Over.

Roger, steam temperature is 49-49 [degrees]. Over.

Roger, Friendship Seven.

This is Friendship Seven. Turning more water on on that one, see if I can cool it down a little more.

This is Friendship Seven. Turned around, yawed 180 [degrees] to see the sunrise here, and also to see these little, these little gadgets here that I don't know what they are.

They do not seem to be coming from the capsule at all. There are too many of them. They're all spread out all over the place; it looks like they're some of them might be miles away.

This is Com Tech, Canton Com Tech. Do you read? Over.

Go ahead, Canton.

Com Tech, Roger, read you loud and clear. Friendship Seven, this is Canton Com Tech, you are weak but readable. Standby for Cap Com.

Roger.

This is Canton Cap Com. Over.

Canton Cap Com, standby I'll give you a report in a minute here. I'm maneuvering back into retro attitude.

Friendship Seven, this is Canton Cap Com. We are not receiving your transmissions and we have not lost your contact. Over.

Roger, Canton. I was busy maneuvering here. I did not give you your report yet, was getting lights set up and trying to stow everything for retro fire. I have 45-45 [percent] on fuel, oxygen is 60-90 [percent], amps is 23. My retrograde time is still set at 04 plus 32 plus 38. Over.

Roger, Friendship Seven. Canton standing by.

Roger.

This is Friendship Seven, Canton. I am getting in in orbit attitude so I can cage and uncage the gyros again. They're off again. Over.

Roger, Friendship Seven.

Request you notify Cape.

Friendship Seven, this Cap Com. I did not read your last transmission. Would you repeat please?

Roger, Canton. Please notify Cape that I am indicating a roll 10° right, yaw 10° right, and pitch a plus 15 [degrees] when I'm in orbit attitude on the window and the scope. Over.

Friendship Seven, Hawaii Com Tech. How do you read? Over.

Loud and clear, Hawaii Com Tech. How me?

Roger. Reading you loud and clear on HF.

Roger, this is Friendship Seven. Caging gyros and uncaging.

Hawaii Com Tech, Cap Com, this is Friendship Seven. Fuel 43-45 [percent], oxygen is 60-90 [percent], amps is 23. Over.

Hello, Hawaii Com Tech. Do you receive? Over.

Friendship Seven, ttawaii Com Tech. Roger. Transfer frmn HF, would you go to UHF? Over.

Roger. Going UHF.

Friendship Seven, do you read on UHF? Over.

Roger, read UHF loud and clear.

Friendship Seven, Hawaii Cap Com. Reading you loud and clear on UHF.

Friendship Seven, we have been reading an indication on the ground of segment 51, which is Landing Bag Deploy. We suspect this is a erroneous signal. However, Cape would like, you to check this by putting the Landing Bag switch in auto position, and see if you get a light. Do you concur with this? Over.