Spacelog Apollo 11

Roger. We copy. And, Eagle, aft OMNI. Over.

Roger. Aft OMNI.

Columbia, Houston.

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Roger. It's on.

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And I can see it reflecting out my …

Eagle, Houston in the blind. Try low bit rate. Over.

Roger. Low bit rate. I've got a 3.8 signal strength. Over.

Eagle, Houston. Roger. We copy your signal strength 3.8.

Eagle, Houston.

Roger. Go ahead.

Roger. We saw a very slight jump in cabin and suit pressure there. Could you verify cabin REPRESS valve is closed?

Okay. It's closed.

Roger. And we've got about 1 minute to before where you ought to be radar tracking, and we've lost data with you.

Okay. …

Okay. Get a pass.

Got it? …

Eagle, Columbia. You can turn your … light off.

Okay. You got it?

Yes.

All ready to mark, X and Y. Okay. Marked X now.

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X or Y? Maybe we ought to be satisfied with three of them.

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Columbia, Houston —

… is still on.

— Say again.

X or Y?

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I can't tell.

Okay. Mark Y.

That enough? Beautiful! All zeros. Okay. Let's torque them. I'll write them down. Minus 06, plus 64, plus … 7. Torque … Radar circuit breakers in?

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Yes. We're pointed down pretty much. We're going to be up —

Okay. … circuit —

Roger.

— breaker in? Both circuit breakers in?

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Okay. AUTO maneuver.

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Columbia, Houston. Did you call?

That's affirmative. I called you before about the VHF ranging. It's not working. ***

Houston, Eagle. Did you copy our star angle difference and torquing angles.

Eagle, Houston. We didn't have them on the downlink but we copied them on the VOX.

Okay. It was zero for star angle difference, minus 06, plus 64, and plus 1.37. Over.

Okay. There's a mark. Buy that?

Eagle, Houston. If you have time, pitch 162, yaw minus 16.

You load the REFSMMAT? Okay.

Eagle, Columbia. Your Y dot is minus 1.0. Over.

Mike, you're …

Eagle, do you read Columbia? Over.

Eagle, this is Columbia. Over.

Houston, Columbia. Over.

Roger, Columbia. Loud and clear now. This is Houston.

Roger. Would you tell Eagle his Y dot is minus 1.0. Over.

Roger. Eagle, Columbia says your Y dot is minus 1.0. Over.

Roger, Houston. We got that. Thank you.

Roger. And you can go high bit rate now. Eagle can.

Eagle, Columbia. How do you read?

AGS agrees very closely, and pointing …

Houston, Columbia is unable to read Eagle on either antenna or on VHF duplex Bravo. You got any suggestions?

Roger. Columbia, we understand. You are unable to read Eagle. Stand by.

Houston, tell Columbia that we read him about strength 2.

Okay. Wide deadband on.

Houston, Columbia. Also my VHF ranging is not working now, and I'd like to know whether you'd like me to continue making sextant marks or do nothing. I'm supposed to be doing VHF marks only, and it's for the next 6 or 7 minutes.

Columbia, Houston. Roger. We copy. And, Eagle, looks like the best antenna would be forward for the LM. And, break. Eagle, we missed your loading of the TPI TIG and P32. Could you confirm you've done that?

Columbia, Houston. Recommend you take sextant marks and do not reinitialize. Over.

Roger, Houston. Columbia's got the VHF ranging back now. I'll stick with the nominal. Thank you.

Roger. Mighty fine.

Columbia reading you loud and clear now, Eagle.

Columbia, Houston.

Go ahead, Houston.

Roger. Mike, you can go ahead and get as many VHF and sextant marks as you can here in this period of time.

Roger. I've just got time for maybe two sextant marks, then get on with the final count.

Eagle and Columbia, about 1 minute till LOS there on Columbia. It looks like we have about 51.5 for CSI, and we tend to confirm your Y dot. And, break. For Eagle, verify VHF Bravo transmitter is off.

Roger. VHF Bravo is off.

Eagle, Houston. Recommend aft OMNI and are you GO for CSI, so we can let Columbia know. Over.

Roger. We're GO for CSI.

Columbia, Houston. Did you copy? Eagle is GO for CSI.

No, I did not copy. I'm reading them only intermittently, but thank you.

Roger.

Eagle, Houston. We'll see you coming around the other side. Your AOS time—is 1 minute ahead of the flight plan.

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Columbia, Houston. Heard you talked to Eagle? I assume you have COMM with Eagle now?

Houston, Columbia. Over.

Houston, Columbia in OMNI D Delta. Over.

Houston, Columbia. Over.

Columbia, Houston. You're very weak. Say again.

Roger. Houston, Columbia. CSI nominal; no plane change. Everything's going beautifully, and the LM seems to be …your laser…