Balance: Deployable/Relay Antennas

[MysteriousLounger]

Hi all. I've noticed that with RemoteTech there is a change to the way the stock antennas are balanced. Since all antennas now behave the same-- i.e. are capable of acting as relays-- The balance between the stock deployable and relay antennas is strange. It seems like there is no reason to use the stock relay antennas (R5, R50, R100) versus their deployable counterparts, which are cheaper, lighter, and, in some cases, higher range. I've edited my version of RT so that the (R50) relay dish has 25Gm of range instead of 10, and the deployable version (HighGainAntenna) has 10Gm instead of 25, and plan to play for a bit to see if that's a good balance; I'll report back later. My apologies If I've missed a balancing feature that addresses this already-- feel free to close the issue in that case.

[KSP-TaxiService]

Hi, sorry for late response. You are right that RA-15 and RA-100 are less attractive than their counterparts, with the only advantage of higher cone angle.

How about these RA-15 and RA-100 changes below to be more comparable to the counterparts in range and better in cone angle and drain rate? I want to avoid break players' existing comm networks i.e. better range and/or lower cost without having to rebuild.

Antenna	Cost	Mass (tons)	Atmosphere safe	Cone angle (degree)	Range (Mm)	Power Drain (charge/s)
HG-5 High Gain Antenna	600	0.070	No	90.000	20.00	0.55
Communotron DTS-M1	900	0.050	No	45.000	50.00	0.82
Reflectron KR-7	800	0.050	Yes	25.000	90.00	0.82
RA-2 Relay Antenna	1,800	0.150	Yes	12.500	200.00	1.15
RA-15 Relay Antenna	2,400	0.300	Yes	0.250	10,000.00 20,000.00	1.10 0.95
Communotron HG-55	1,200	0.075	No	0.120	25,000.00	1.04
Communotron 88-88	1,500	0.100	No	0.060	40,000.00	0.93
Reflectron KR-14	2,000	0.200	Yes	0.040	60,000.00	0.93
RA-100 Relay Antenna	3,000	0.650	Yes	0.025	100,000.00 250,000.00	1.10
CommTech-1	9,500	0.300	Yes	0.006	350,000.00	2.60
Reflectron GX-128	11,000	0.240	No	0.005	400,000.00	2.80