Spacelog Apollo 11

Apollo 11, this is Houston. We would like you to terminate charging on battery A at GET 30 plus 15. Over.

Okay. 30 plus 15 for battery A charge terminate.

Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

Go ahead, Houston.

Roger. If you're free for a minute, I've got some updates to the P37 PAD's that we passed up to you yesterday afternoon, I guess. As a result of doing midcourse correction number 2, the DELTA-V required in the TLI plus 35, 44, and 53 PAD's have changed slightly. Over.

Roger. Standing by to copy.

Okay. TLI plus 35 PAD: the DELTA-VT should be 7992 instead of 8016. TLI plus 44—It should be 6112 instead of 6141. And TLI plus 53—It should be 8172 instead of 8209. Read back. Over.

Roger. Understand. 7992, 6112, 8172. Over.

Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

Go ahead, Houston.

11, this is Houston. Goldstone reports they are receiving a TV picture coming down from you all, a little snowy, but a good TV picture. Over.

Roger. We're just testing the equipment up here.

Roger.

Ask them if they can read the numbers.

Okay. Stand by.

Goldstone, this is Houston CAP COMM. Over.

Houston CAP COMM, Goldstone M&O. Go ahead.

Roger. Stand by a minute, Goldstone.

11, this is Houston. What numbers are you referring to? Over.

Well, I guess if they can't see any numbers, why, it's kind of a lost cause.

Negative. Standby. We wanted to know —

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We wanted to know what numbers before we asked them.

Okay. I'm showing them the DSKY, and I'd like to know whether they can read what's showing on the DSKY, and also whether they can see P-R-O-G, V-E-R-B, and N-O-U-N. Over.

Roger. Stand by a second.

Goldstone M&O, Houston CAP COMM. Over.

CAP COMM, Goldstone. Go ahead.

Roger. Did you copy the spacecraft request?

That's affirmative. I am reading the numbers on our monitor here.

Okay, that's—Roger. That's both the numbers on the DSKY itself, and the little words like PROGRAM and VERB, NOUN, COMPUTER ACTIVITY, things of this sort?

Roger. I can read the numbers clearly. We can't distinguish what the words are, because it is a little snowy.

Roger.

Okay. I read VERB, NOUN, and PROGRAM.

Roger. Do you see—Over in the lefthand corner, there's a big square one that says COMPUTER ACTIVITY, COMP ACTIVITY?

Roger. I see a flash occasionally in that area.

Roger. that's the one.

Okay. It looks like he's moved the camera at this time.

Roger.

11, this is Houston. Goldstone M&O reports that they can read the numbers on the DSKY. They can also read VERB, NOUN, PROGRAM, and see the COMP ACTIVITY light flashing. Over.

Very good. Thank you.

And they also report you appear to have panned the camera over to another location now.

Yes, we're going to work on something else.

Houston, Apollo 11.

Go ahead, 11.

Oh, Charlie. That you?

Stand by, Buzz. I'll let you know.

I guess it would be more described as a waviness.

Goldstone M&O, Houston CAP COMM.

Goldstone M&O.

Okay. The crew is complaining of some horizontal banding on their monitor. Do you see that on the picture?

Stand by.

They wouldn't see anything now. We don't have anything in focus, Charlie.

Roger. He's checking on it. I'll see if they had it earlier. Stand by.

I guess when we're showing the DSKY or when we're showing the Earth might be the better time.

Okay.

Houston CAP COMM, Goldstone.

Go ahead.

Okay. Our TV people confirm they see this horizontal band.

Okay.

11, Houston. The Goldstone TV people also see the banding when—at the same time you do. Over.

Okay. Would they call it a horizontal waviness, instead of banding, maybe?

I'm not talking to them directly. Stand by, Buzz. Let me see how they describe it.

Goldstone M&O, Houston CAP COMM. Could you put the TV guy on the loop, please?

CAP COMM, Goldstone. Roger.

Houston CAP COMM, Goldstone M&O NET 1.

Go.

The TV people do not have access to NET 1 in that area. Suggest we use NET 2 For that purpose.

Okay. Going to NET 2.

Hello, Apollo 11. Houston. The Goldstone TV guys say they have some horizontal banding across the upper part of the picture and across the lower part. They would consider the lines just straight, no waviness to them at all. Over.

Roger. Understand. They do seem to distort vertical lines though.

Say again about the vertical lines, Buzz.

Roger. When there's a vertical line, these horizontal bands tend to put small waves in it.

Roger. I copy. He didn't mention that. Stand by, I'll check again.

Hello, 11. Houston. The Goldstone TV said that when you get a sharp vertical line on the picture, when the horizontal banding goes across, it does appear to bend it slightly. The same as Apollo 10, they said. Looks okay to them. Over.