Mercury 7 transcript starting at 00 14 56 on Spacelog

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00 14 56
CAPCOM: Read you loud and clear also. We have radar track. Please remain in orbit attitude.
00 15 02
Scott Carpenter: Roger. Understand. I, my control mode is fly-by-wire, gyros normal, maneuver off. I am picking up retroattitude and automatic control very shortly. Over.
00 15 18
CAPCOM: Roger. Will you verify that your retrodelay switch is in the normal position?
00 15 24
Scott Carpenter: Retrodelay is normal. I say again, retrodelay is normal.
00 15 29
CAPCOM: Roger. Will you please proceed with the short report, fuel and oxygen readings.
00 15 38
Scott Carpenter: Roger. Fuel 103-100 [percent]. Oxygen 89-100 [percent]. All the power is good. Aurora seven status is Go in all respects. Over.
00 15 53
CAPCOM: Roger. Say again fuel, please. Over.
00 15 56
Scott Carpenter: Fuel 103-100 [percent]. Over.
00 16 01
CAPCOM: Roger. Have copied.
00 16 04
CAPCOM: Please send blood pressure. Over.
00 16 07
Scott Carpenter: Roger. Blood pressure start now.
00 16 19
Scott Carpenter: I have, west of your station, many whirls and vortices of cloud patterns. Pictures at this time—2, 3, 4, 5. Control mode is now automatic. I have the booster directly below me. I think my attitude is not in agreement with the instruments. It's probably because of that gyro free period. Outside of a minor difference in attitude indications, everything is proceeding normally.
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00 17 14
CAPCOM: Can you confirm orientation, ASCS and fly-by-wire . . . operating normal?
00 17 21
Scott Carpenter: Roger. Wait one.
00 17 53
Scott Carpenter: Roger. Canary, TS plus 5 is verified. Manual is satisfactory in all axes. Fly-by-wire and auto is satisfactory, all axes. Aux Damp is okay also. Over.
00 18 08
CAPCOM: Roger. I have copied. I have new end of orbit, end of mission and 1 Bravo times for you. Are you prepared to copy?
00 18 15
Scott Carpenter: Stand by one.
00 18 39
Scott Carpenter: Send your message, Canary.
00 18 41
CAPCOM: Roger. End of orbit time 01 28 17. End of mission, 04 32 27. 1 Bravo 16 plus 56. Did you copy? Over.
00 19 05
Scott Carpenter: Roger. End of orbit 01 28 17, Hotel 04 32 39, 1 Bravo 16 56. Over.
00 19 22
CAPCOM: Correction. Aurora Seven, correction 1 Bravo. Make that 16 plus 52. Over.
00 19 30
Scott Carpenter: Roger. Understand. 16 52.
00 19 33
CAPCOM: Roger. Apogee altitude is 143 [nautical miles]. Perigee 86 [nautical miles]. Did you copy? Over.
00 19 43
Scott Carpenter: Roger. 143 and 86 [nautical miles].
00 19 48
CAPCOM: Roger. Here are sunrise and sunset times. Sunrise orbit one: 1 plus 21 plus 00. Sunrise, orbit two: 2 plus 50 plus 00. Sunrise, orbit three: 4 plus 19 plus 00.
00 20 16
Scott Carpenter: Roger, Canary. I'm going to have loss of signal before I get these. I want to get some pictures. Have Muchea, or, correction, have Kano send these to me in this order: Sunset, sunrise, sunset, sunrise, break, break. Did you copy?
00 20 36
CAPCOM: — plus 41 plus 20. Did you copy? Over.
00 20 40
Scott Carpenter: That is negative. I'll have to wait awhile for those.
00 20 50
Scott Carpenter: I'll get them from Kann. Thank you.
00 20 52
CAPCOM: Have a blood-pressure reading. Your first attempt was unreadable on the ground. Over.
00 20 58
Scott Carpenter: Okay. It's on the air.
00 23 49
CAPCOM: Aurora Seven. This is Kano on UHF/HF. Do you read? Over.
00 23 56
Scott Carpenter: Roger, Kano Cap Com. Aurora Seven reads you loud and clear. How me?
00 24 02
CAPCOM: Roger, Aurora Seven. Kano Cap Com reads you loud and clear. Welcome back, Scott.
00 24 08
Scott Carpenter: Roger.
00 24 09
CAPCOM: Blood-pressure check, please. Hold your button for 4 seconds and then go through the short report.
00 24 16
Scott Carpenter: Roger. Blood-pressure start, nob'. My status is good. The capsule status is good. Furl is 99-98 [percent]. Oxygen, 89-100 [percent]. Cabin is holding good. All d-c power is good. All a-c power is good, 22 amps. Everything is green and you should be reading blood pressure. Over.
00 24 41
CAPCOM: Roger. We are reading blood pressure. Do you want to check your UHF low? Over.
00 24 47
Scott Carpenter: Roger. Going to UHF low now, stand by 15.
00 25 10
Scott Carpenter: Hello, Kano. Hello, Kano Cap Com. Aurora Seven UHF low. How do you read?
00 25 17
CAPCOM: Aurora Seven. Kano Cap Com reads you loud and clear. Over.
00 25 20
Scott Carpenter: Roger. Reading you the same. Going back to UHF high.
00 26 22
CAPCOM: Aurora Seven, Kano Cap Com. How do you read? Over.
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00 26 28
Scott Carpenter: Loud and clear, Kano. Send your message.
00 26 32
CAPCOM: Roger, Aurora Seven. Are you going to be doing your caging, uncaging procedure now? Over.
00 26 37
Scott Carpenter: Roger. I—am a little behind in the flight plan at this moment. I have been unable at this time to install the MIT film. I finally have it. I'll go through the gyro uncaging procedure very shortly.
00 27 01
CAPCOM: Roger.
00 27 34
Scott Carpenter: Okay, the MIT film is now in.
00 28 00
Scott Carpenter: ASCS is operating okay.
00 28 12
CAPCOM: What mode are you on now?

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