Spacelog Apollo 13

Joe, it appears that the best detent possibly to put the stars in the AOT, would be either number 2 or 4. The rendezvous radar antenna is now in the way. You might think of a procedure to get rid of it with minimum power and then we maybe we'll be able to see stars in a couple of minutes here in a lower detent.

Okay, Jim. I think I understood that the rendezvous radar antenna is in the way and you would like a procedure to get it out of the way. Is that right?

That's affirm; at the proper time, and with minimum power.

Aquarius, Houston. Over.

Go ahead.

Okay. Jim, we have a handover coming up on the hour; that's in a minute and a half. On the hour, we would like you to turn the S-BAND TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER switch to OFF, and 5 minutes later turn it back to PRIMARY. Over.

Okay, Houston. Shortly you want us to turn the S-BAND TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER to OFF; 5 minutes later, turn it back to PRIMARY.

That's affirmative, Jim. After the handover apparently they want to make sure that they lockup with you and not the IU.

Roger. And let me know when you want me to turn it off.

Roger. You can turn it off now.

And, Houston, when do you want me to turn that S-BAND TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER off?

Aquarius, Houston. Turn it off now.

Okay, Aquarius; Houston. We have data back and I assume we have COMM. Over.

Houston, This is Aquarius. The COMM is very, very, very noisy. Over.

Aquarius, Houston. Copy that. It's noisy on our end, too; stand by while we think about it.

Houston, Aquarius. I am unable to … now …

Jim, Houston. I think you just called, but I didn't copy you.

Aquarius, Houston. Over.

Go ahead, Houston.

Jim, recommend you push the POWER AMPLIFIER circuit breaker on panel 16 in. Over.

Roger. POWER AMPLIFIER circuit breaker panel 16 going in.

POWER AMPLIFIER circuit breaker is in.

Okay, Jim. How is the COMM now? Over.

A lot of background noise. Let me turn off the SQUELCH.

Okay. You're quite a bit better.

Whenever I enable SQUELCH, I lose you. Over.

Roger. Stand by. You are much better down link.

Look at NOUN 65.

Okay.

Okay, Jim. This is Houston. We recommend that you set the FUNCTION switch from DOWNVOICE BACKUP to VOICE. Over.

Roger. FUNCTION switch going from DOWNVOICE BACKUP to VOICE.

Okay, Jim. How's the COMM now?

FUNCTION switch … There's still a lot of background noise, Joe.

Houston, Aquarius.

Aquarius, Houston. Go ahead.

The noise we're experiencing is similar to what we had sometime before when you switched stations.

Roger, Jim. INCO is checking into what we can do about the noise. It may be a problem with the new site.

Aquarius, Houston. Is the noise any better now? Over.

This is Aquarius. Negative.

Houston, Aquarius.

Aquarius, Houston. Go ahead.