Spacelog Apollo 13

13, Houston. We see you now in the AUTO maneuver. How are your error needles looking now?

Okay. They look like they are working their way in, Vance.

Okay. You think maybe they are working right now?

Yes. Because we got a 270-degree roll, our pitch and yaw needles are reversed.

Okay.

Say, how do you read, Vance? …

Fred, you are starting to fade out. Request AFT OMNI, OMNI AFT.

Okay. You've got AFT OMNI.

Thank you.

13, Houston.

Okay, Houston; Aquarius. We appear to be there—at the burn attitude. And now do you want us to change the DAP?

Roger, Jim. We have a procedure to give you for widening the deadband to 5 degrees for the PTC in the next 3 or 4 hours, if you're ready to copy.

Okay, stand by.

Go ahead.

Okay. VERB 21, NOUN 01, ENTER; 3011, ENTER; 44, ENTER. Now, that's the procedure for widening the deadband to 5 degrees with the DAP. Later on, prior to the burn, you would return the deadband to 1.4 degrees, and if you're ready to copy, I'll read you that.

Stand by.

Okay.

Go ahead.

Okay. To return the deadband later to 1.4 degrees: VERB 21, NOUN 01, ENTER; 3011, ENTER; 200, ENTER. Over.

Okay, Vance. To widen the deadband, we'll enter a VERB 21, NOUN 01, ENTER; 3011, ENTER; 44, ENTER. Before the burn to go back to narrow deadband, it's VERB 21, NOUN 01, ENTER; 3011, ENTER; 200, ENTER.

Roger, Readback correct.

And, Houston, I'll guess we'll do this PTC in yaw, and do you want them all powered down?

Stand by.

Okay, Apollo 13. Over.

Go ahead.

Okay, that's affirm. You'll be doing the PTC in yaw, and we'll give you a call at each time you change yaw—yaw attitude. Aside from that, request low bit rate off; then DOWN VOICE BACKUP OFF; then POWER AMPL OFF; and then FDAI OFF.

That's affirm. And the AOT, too.

Okay, are you all set for old a -

Okay, Houston; Aquarius. How do you read DOWN VOICE BACKUP?

Reading you loud—loud and clear now, Fred.

Okay.

Oh, Vance, do you want to stay in this attitude for a certain length of time before we start maneuvering?

Roger. Jim, we'll keep you there for about an hour, and then we'll have our first 90-degree rotation.

Okay. How wide do I make the deadband?

Say again.

… the other OMNI's in.

Yes. My forward OMNI is in.

Apollo 13, Houston. Forward OMNI should be best.

We're there.

I don't see why the hell he …

I know. I don't know. I don't know where that 5 degrees …

Cut it.

…

Oh-h. … that thing against the …

I'm just going to try and close my eyes for a little.

Aquarius, Houston.

Go ahead.