Spacelog Apollo 8

Apollo 8. We can't handle the OMNI switching for about thirty more minutes, till we get back to an 85-foot dish, so you will have to watch the antenna store for a few more minutes.

Okay. I don't see any loose sensor—the upper, upper …

Are you trying to call, Houston?

No, I didn't. It sounded like you were getting an echo, and I checked, and I hadn't held the key down at the time either.

Okay. I don't see any loose sensors, but the upper sternal is beginning to irritate a little bit, but not badly; and possibly there is something going on there.

Okay. And did you copy about the antenna?

Apollo 8, Houston. Radio check.

Apollo 8, Houston. Radio check.

Apollo 8, Houston. Radio check.

Apollo 8, Houston. Radio check.

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Apollo 8, Houston. Radio check.

Apollo 8, Houston in the blind now. We're not receiving down-voice. We have data, and it appears it's probably a ground problem.

Apollo 8, Houston.

Roger, Houston. Read you loud and clear.

Okay. I got you that time. I take it you were able to copy us with the music? Is that affirm?

I was able to copy you all the time, Ken, but I could only hear the music when you were trying to transmit. And I wondered if you noticed cycling on my suit power switch when you—when you called me. I am hearing an echo now.

Roger. I copy your echo. And what switch were you cycling?

I was cycling the suit power which turns off the BIOMED periodically. I figured that would wake the doctors up.

It appears that we have more than one communications problem.

Calm it. (Laughter)

You are cutting out, Houston.

Oh, that was an inadvertent cut-in.

You need the high gain, Houston, or will the OMNI's be okay?

8, Houston. That's negative. The OMNI is okay.

Roger. Be advised that about 50—I am hearing these echos quite a bit of the time, and if you are trying to play music, I am not hearing it.

Roger. We understand, and we are not trying to play music right now.

Okay. Who is this, COMM TECH?

Ken is only human. This is his substitute; this is Flight Director.

Oh, I didn't recognize your voice there.

I don't get to talk often.

Who is substituting for you now, Flight?

DFD.

Okay. Things are looking pretty good from here. How about down there?

It couldn't be better.

Apollo 8, Houston. Going to be handling over sites at 25. I will make a voice check with you when we come up on the new site, and the ground says thank you for your kind words.

Okay. We will be standing by.

Apollo 8, Houston through Honeysuckle.

Roger, Houston. Loud and clear.

Okay, Bill, and our BIOMED data still looks a little bit squirrelly. How about checking the blue signal conditioner on your BIOMED harness. You have one connector, should be the center package, has a blue connector on it. You kind of check that, and I don't know if you have changed the BIOMED harness leads recently; if you have, this might have caused our problem.

Roger. I was just cracking open some acorns here for breakfast. Let me put them down, and I will check my BIOMED leads.

There is no rush on it.

Apollo 8, Houston.