- Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, Houston. Would you go S-band AUX switch to DOWN-VOICE BACKUP. Over.
Expand selection up Contract selection down Close - Frank Borman (CDR)
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Houston, be advised that it looks like your Quindars are clipping your voice during your transmission.
- Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Roger, Understand. Are we still experiencing this intermittent condition that was there a few minutes ago?
- Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, Houston. We understand you are copying us. While we are trying to reestablish contact with you, would you put your optics switch to zero? We show you are drifting off in trunnion and request that you zero your optics.
- Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, Houston. We copy your optics zeroed, and how are you reading us now? Over.
- Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, Houston. We are down to 25 percent on your waste water dump and ready to terminate. Over.
- Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Roger, Our next COMM test is ranging only test. I have four switches I would like you to throw, which will cause you to lose voice communications for approximately 3 minutes. Over.
- Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Alright. The first one is S-band NORMAL mode voice, OFF; the second, S-band NORMAL mode PCM, OFF; the third, S-band NORMAL mode RANGING switch to RANGING; and fourth, the S-baud AUX tape switch, OFF. Over.
- Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, Houston. Request S-band NORMAL mode RANGING to OFF and S-band NORMAL mode PCM to PCM. I say again. S-band NORMAL mode RANGING, OFF; S-band NORMAL mode PCM to PCM.
- Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, Houston. Three communication switch positions. First, S-band AUX tape to DOWN-VOICE BACKUP; S-band NORMAL mode PCM, OFF; TELEMETRY INPUTS PCM, HIGH. I say again, S-band AUX tape to DOWN-VOICE BACKUP; S-band NORMAL mode PCM to OFF; TELEMETRY INPUTS PCM to HIGH.
- Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8. Houston. Unable to copy. After about a minute of this configuration, we're going to return to normal voice, and at that time we should be able to hear you better.
- Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, Houston. Three switch positions. TELEMETRY INPUTS PCM switch to LOW; S-band NORMAL mode VOICE to VOICE; S-band NORMAL mode PCM to PCM. I say again, TELEMETRY INPUTS PCM switch, LOW; S-band NORMAL mode VOICE to VOICE; S-band NORMAL mode PCM to PCM. Over.
Expand selection down Contract selection up - Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, Houston. Requesting S-band NORMAL mode ranging to RANGING. I say again. S-band NORMAL mode ranging to RANGE. Over.
Spoken on Dec. 22, 1968, 6:33 p.m. UTC (55 years, 10 months ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet