Mercury 7 transcript starting at 02 58 45 on Spacelog

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02 58 45
Comm Tech: Aurora Seven, Aurora Seven, this is California Com Tech, California Com Tech. Do you hear? Over.
02 58 51
Scott Carpenter: Hello. California Com Tech, Aurora Seven. Loud and clear. How me?
02 58 56
Comm Tech: We're reading you loud and clear, also. Stand by for Cap Com.
02 58 59
Scott Carpenter: Roger.
02 59 06
CAPCOM: Aurora Seven, California. How do you read?
02 59 09
Scott Carpenter: Hello, Al, loud and clear. How me?
02 59 12
CAPCOM: You're loud and clear, Scotty. Short report.
02 59 16
Scott Carpenter: Roger. Control mode is manual, gyros normal, maneuver off. Fuel is 45-50 [percent]. Balloon is out. Oxygen 81-100 [percent]. And my status is good. The capsule status is good, except I'm unable to get a reasonable suit steam exhaust temperature. Still reading 70 [degrees]. Over.
02 59 42
CAPCOM: Roger, seems to me as long as suit inlet is going down that you could continue to increase flow until you feel comfortable.
02 59 52
Scott Carpenter: Roger.
02 59 55
CAPCOM: Understand you're GO for orbit three.
02 59 58
Scott Carpenter: I am—-Roger. I am GO for orbit three.
03 00 00
CAPCOM: Seven, this is California.
03 00 12
Scott Carpenter: Go, California.
03 00 15
CAPCOM: General Kraft is still somewhat concerned about auto fuel. Use as little auto; use no auto fuel unless you have to prior to retrosequence time. And I think maybe you might increase flow to your inverter heat exchanger to try to bring the temperature down. They are not critical yet, however.
03 00 38
Scott Carpenter: Roger, I have gone from 4 to 5 on the inverter at this time. And I think I'll increase just a tad on the suit.
03 00 49
CAPCOM: Roger. You're sounding good here. Give you a period of quiet while I send Z and R cal.
03 00 55
Scott Carpenter: Roger.
03 01 06
CAPCOM: Seven, this is California sending Z cal on my mark.
03 01 09
Scott Carpenter: Roger.
03 01 11
CAPCOM: One, Mark.
03 01 25
CAPCOM: Z cal off.
03 01 26
Scott Carpenter: Roger.
03 01 29
CAPCOM: Stand by for R cal 3, 2, 1.
03 01 35
Scott Carpenter: All right now, I'm beginning to get all of those various particles, they—they're way out. I can see some that are a 100 feet out.
03 01 52
C: Roger. R cal off.
03 01 55
Scott Carpenter: They all look like snowflakes to me. No don't—they do not glow of their own accord.
03 02 12
CAPCOM: Roger, Seven. Do you—have you . . . perspire or have you stopped perspiring at the moment?
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03 02 20
Scott Carpenter: No, I'm still perspiring, Al. I think I'll open up the visor and take a drink of water.
03 02 27
CAPCOM: Roger. Sounds like a good idea.
03 02 42
CAPCOM: Seven, would you give us a blood pressure, please, in between swallows.
03 03 27
Scott Carpenter: Okay, there's your blood pressure. I took about 20 swallows of water. Tasted pretty good.
03 03 38
CAPCOM: Roger, Seven. We're sure of that, we're getting Alpha times and—Hotel. You have Hotel, I know. How about 3 Alpha?
03 03 48
Scott Carpenter: Roger, and Mark now a tensiometer reading. It's as tight as I've seen the string. Mark another tensiometer reading.
03 03 59
CAPCOM: Roger. We have those.
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03 04 01
Scott Carpenter: Now say again your last question?
03 04 06
CAPCOM: Do you have 3 Alpha of 03 11 00?
03 04 12
Scott Carpenter: 03 11 00.
03 04 16
CAPCOM: That is correct.
03 04 22
Scott Carpenter: Roger. Copied.
03 04 45
CAPCOM: Seven, this is California. Do you still read?
03 04 47
Scott Carpenter: Roger. Loud and clear.
03 04 50
CAPCOM: Roger, we have no further inquiries. See you next time.
03 04 53
Scott Carpenter: Roger.
03 05 11
CAPCOM: Aurora Seven, Guaymas Cap Com.
03 05 13
Scott Carpenter: Hello, Guaymas. Go ahead.
03 05 15
CAPCOM: Roger, we're reading you loud and clear. We'd like to conduct a wobulator test here. We use White Sands whenever you give us the word.
03 05 23
Scott Carpenter: Roger, I have one; it's the yaw gyro on the stop at this time.
03 05 31
CAPCOM: Is your wobulator on now?
03 05 33
Scott Carpenter: Yes, the wobulator is on.

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