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Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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Cooper
Yes , I pulled my ear plug and put the ear plug right
in the bottom of my ear where it was barely hanging
there and I could hear anybody calling then.
Then
I put the plug back in.
I thought the quality of
the communication.ewas really, as far as we were
concerned, in the air a:n:yway, was excellent.
Conrad
Our beacons worked satisfactorily both adapter and
reentry, C band beacons most of the time they were
in the command position, the people used them
as they wanted them.
Cooper
Let's see, the sl eep configuration, we covered
that, yes, that worked fine .
Conrad
Antenna selection.
I went to adapter and I really
couldn't tell much different and then we decided
we would go back to the check off list which called
for reentry. Oh, I know how I got in adapter position.
Cooper
Somebody asked you .. . .
Oh, it was that test.
Conrad
Yes, it was the UHF test that we pulled and we
were switching from reentry to adapter, from
reentry to adapter, and I finally left it at
adapter one time and the thing was working just
great as far as I could tell .
Cooper
Yes, it was there for a day or so.
Cooper
Yes, it was there for a day or so.
I really