Spacelog Mercury 8

Sigma Seven this is Cape Cap Com. Transmitting HF, for a voice check. At 03 10—MARK. ^T

Sigma Seven this is Canary Com Tech. Transmitting HF check at 03 20 21, MARK, out. ^T

Going to VOX record. Looking at the window with sun glow all over it. It definitely is a smoked pattern with streaks of light. Powdery debris on it—some of it has a pink color, sort of a pinkish-orange color. Probably from the RTV 90 sealing devices that were around the rings and sealing parts of the system—the tower jettison system.

Definitely have a reduced visibility as a result of this. The rate, at this point, at 3 23 35, MARK,^T are almost all zeros.

Sigma Seven this is Canary Cap Com. Transmitting on UHF/HF.

Hello, Ca . . .

Sigma Seven this is Canary Cap Com. Transmitting on HF/UHF. How do you read?

Canary Cap Com this is Sigma Seven. UHF. Do you read me? Over.

This is Sigma Seven. On HF. Canary Cap Com I read you. Did you read me? Over.

Roger. Sigma Seven this is Canary Cap Com.

Roger. I'm having a ball up here drifting. Enjoying it so much I haven't eaten yet. I'm going to start to eat now. Over.

Sigma Seven this is Canary Cap Com. Do you still read?

That's affirmative, Canary. Do you read me?

I read you about 4 by 4.

Roger.

How's everything now?

Very good.

At this point, I definitely have a feeling of flying along yawed, 90 degrees, rolled right 30 degrees, and pitch almost right on the horizon.

Roger. Sigma Seven. I did not read.

Roger. I have a slight yaw rate about a half a degree per second. I'm recording as well as transmitting, naturally, and I appear to be yawing right around into proper yaw angle.

Sigma Seven this is Canary Cap Com. You're unreadable.

Roger.

Visor open—now.

Kano.

Sigma Seven this Kano Com Tech. Transmitting on HF. Do you read?

Kano Cap Com this is Sigma Seven. On HF. I read you. Do you read me? Over.

Sigma Seven this is Kano Cap Com. How do you read?

Sigma Seven this is Kano Cap Com. How do you read?

Kano Cap Com this is Sigma Seven. I read you loud and clear. How me? Over.

Roger, Seven. I read you—fairly weak and a little garbled.

Roger. How do you read me now? I'm on push-to-talk, HF. Over.

(I read you very weak, Seven.)^G

Sigma Seven. How do you read?

This is Sigma Seven. I read you loud and clear. How do you read me? Over.

Sigma Seven this is Kano Cap Com. Do you read? Over.

Sigma Seven this is Kano Cap Com. Transmitting on UHF.

Sigma Seven this is Kano Com Tech. Transmitting on HF. Do you read? Over.

Sigma Seven, Sigma Seven this is Kano Com Tech. Transmitting on HF. Do you read? Over.

This is Sigma Seven. I read a station on HF. Say again. Over.

Sigma Seven this is Kano Cap Com. Transmitting on HF. Do you read? Over.

Kano Com Tech this is Sigma Seven. I read you loud and clear on HF. How me?

Indian Ocean Ship this is Sigma Seven. Over.

Indian Ocean Ship. Sigma Seven. Over.

Indian Ocean Ship. Sigma Seven. Over.

Indian Ocean Ship. Sigma Seven. Over.

Sigma Seven, Sigma Seven this is IOS Com Tech. Do you read? Over.

Indian Ocean Ship this is Sigma Seven. I read you loud and clear. How me?