Spacecraft systems are full-duplex.  The purpose of the "Quindar tones" 
was to mute the uplink audio when Houston had nothing to say.

ka9qjg wrote:
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> Meant a lot to the First Astronauts  with Communications  that is how 
> it got started I think ,   I forget if it was a Pre or after Transmission
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>   Don
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>   KA9QJ
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