Hamish Lindsay (who manned the Voice Receivers at Carnarvon) preserved this 1/4 inch audio tape.

It was digitised by Colin Mackellar in May 2013 and edited in May 2015.

The audio files of each pass are unaltered, however periods of silence between passes have been removed or reduced.

Carnarvon Capcom is Ed Fendell.

Transcript references are to the physical page numbers of the Air to Ground Transcript. (11MB PDF file.)

File 1

4.3MB

000:43:41

8 min 25 sec

First pass over Carnarvon – Rev 1.

Lights of a town reported at 3:20.
Orbital parameters at 6:40.

Page 6 transcript.

File 2

3.1MB

002:24:22

6 min 02 sec

Second pass. Running late in preparations for EVA.

Page 20 transcript.

File 3

2.1MB

003:57:34

3 min 47 sec

GO for EVA.

Page 33 transcript.

File 3a

16MB

004:23:01

33 min 41 sec

The first American EVA, as recorded at Carnarvon from the Network.

Starts with Hawaii calling. Gus Grissom is Houston Capcom. Flight Director Chris Kraft is heard at several points.

22:40, “Get back in!”

Starts on page 40 of TEC transcript.

File 4

3.6MB

005:31:50

6 min 54 sec

Third pass over Carnarvon – after the EVA.
“It looks like our booster is still out there, flashing away.”

Page 33 transcript.

File 5

2.1MB

019:51:28

3 min 55 sec

Discussion on sleep times.

Page 114 transcript.

File 6

4.7MB

021:23:24

9 min 20 sec

Aeromed / Flight Surgeon (presumably Dr Dick Pollard), discusses sleep with Ed White.

Ed Fendell discusses Apollo landmark run 1.

Page 116 transcript.

File 7

3.3MB

022:57:51

6 min 03 sec

Requesting light meter settings for photography inside spacecraft. 01:48 – Ed White reports he saw the lights of Sydney.

Page 123 transcript.

File 8

2.0MB

029:15:00

3 min 39 sec

Discussion of communications.

Page 154 transcript.

File 9

3.3MB

043:32:00

6 min 21 sec

Reports seeing Alexandria, Egypt.

Page 198 transcript.

File 10

1.3MB

045:04:18

2 min 09 sec

Status is go.

Page 201 transcript.

File 11

1.4MB

046:38:18

2 min 26 sec

Capcom requests OAMS source helium temp, pressure, and propellant quantities.

Page 206 transcript.

File 12

1.6MB

046:55

4 min 25 sec

This recording from the Johnson Space Center archives starts at 046:55GET and originates from the PAO console in the new MOCR at the Manned Space Flight Center.

It includes a replay of the above pass from Carnarvon. During breaks in conversation with the astronauts, Ed Fendell reports to Flight Director Chris Kraft, who replies that he can hear it all very clearly.

File 13

3.7MB

049:46:23

7 min 15 sec

Carnarvon Capcom reads up information on Apollo Landmark runs.

Page 231 transcript.

File 14

3.9MB

051:20:08

7 min 30 sec

Ed Fendell reads up “a long list of updates”. Low orbital decay rate indicates it is “a real streamlined capsule”.

Page 236 transcript.

File 15

650kb

051:28 approx

0 min 50 sec

File 16

1MB

052:57:42

1 min 38 sec

Fendell asks the crew to push down on their sternal leads, which are apparently coming loose. This clip covers only the first part of the pass.

Page 247 transcript.

File 17

3.3MB

067:10:25

6 min 21 sec

Conversation between Ed Fendell and Jim McDivitt concerning experiments MSC-1 and MSC-10.

Page 274 transcript.

File 18

2.4MB

068:42:54

4 min 31 sec

Fendell: “See if you can see the lights of Melbourne.”
White: “Every time I go over Australia, all I see is thunderstorms.”

Page 281 transcript.

File 19

3.2MB

070:16:56

6 min 10 sec

Includes a Medical Pass with Carnarvon Surgeon.

Page 287 transcript.

File 20

1.8MB

071:51:00

3 min 09 sec

McDivitt: “The Pilot went to sleep about half an hour ago and he’ll be sleeping probably for another 5 or 6 hours.”

Page 291 transcript.

File 21

1.3MB

073:25:02

2 min 13 sec

White: “Has it stopped raining yet?”
Fendell: “Dave Scott’s sticking his head out the window…”
Discussion of sheep, bananas and kangaroos.

Page 298 transcript.

File 22

4MB

074:58:03

7 min 49 sec

Fendell: “Get a long piece of paper. I’ve got a series of updates for you.”

Page 301 transcript.

File 23

2.2MB

076:34:10

4 min 04 sec

Computer problems.

Page 308 transcript.

File 24

2.5MB

090:46:49

4 min 36 sec

“I finally saw Australia in the daylight.”

Page 341 transcript.

File 25

3.6MB

092:19:11

6 min 54 sec

Fendell to White: “Stand by for your Australian space doctor.”

White: “Did it finally stop raining?”
Fendell: “The young astronaut sitting next to me [Dave Scott] did a rain dance.”

Page 343 transcript.

File 26

1.4MB

093:52:54

2 min 21 sec

Fendell to White: “Place your Re-entry C-Band Beacon to the Continuous position.”

Page 345 transcript.

File 27

1.7MB

095:25 approx

3 min 02 sec

Carnarvon Surgeon speaks with Jim McDivitt.

Not in transcript.

File 28

2.1MB

097:00:09

3 min 57 sec

Fendell relays re-entry times.

Page 366 transcript.