Spacelog Apollo 8

Cryo fans OFF and cycled, Houston.

Apollo 8, Houston. Go ahead. Over.

I said the cryo fans are OFF and completed the cycle.

Apollo 8, Houston. Over.

Go ahead, Houston. Apollo 8.

Roger. Just a COMM check, Frank. Do you read me all right?

Loud and clear.

Same here.

Houston, Apollo 8.

Apollo 8, this is Houston. Go.

How've you been reading our tape dumps?

Stand by one, Frank. We noticed that you've got your PTC attitude peaked up a bit, and I'll check on your tape dump.

Apollo 8, Houston. The quality of the tape dump has been very good. We have about 15 minutes to dump, which we will do the next time we get high gain. Over.

How's the voice quality been?

It's been very good, Frank.

Apollo 8, Houston. Over.

Go ahead, Houston.

Frank, on this tape recorder, we have the tape motion stopped right now. If you would like to record some, we will give you the tape in motion so that you may do so. Is that what you would like? Over.

Roger. Houston, why don't you just give us salvo so we can control the switches here.

Okay. Stand by.

… PCM LOW and stop.

You should have it now. Over.

Houston, Apollo 8.

Apollo 8, Houston. Over.

Houston, Apollo 8. Over.

Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.

Roger. Are you capable of taking a high-bit FM dump for voice on the OMNI's?

That is negative, Bill. Not quite, on the OMNI's.

Okay. We will catch you next time around then.

Roger. Thank you.

Good morning, Mike. How are things going down there?

Hi, Jim. Things are going real fine. How are you doing up there? Did you get a good night's sleep?

Oh, you know. The first night in space all the time; it's a little slow.

The old man woke you up earlier than he needed to.

Well, we just couldn't sleep any longer.

Roger. Understand.

Apollo 8, Houston. The next time you are locked up on the high gain, give us a call, and we will configure for a dump. Over.

Roger. We would like an evaluation of the voice comments. Over.

Roger. Understand. So far, it's been very good. We will evaluate this one as soon as we can.

Roger. I've been in the sack. How do the systems look?

Everything is looking real good, Bill.

Okay. How much longer do you expect on charging battery A?

Stand by, Bill. We will get you an exact number on it.