A_Kerbonaught

Yeah. Figured that out just now actually, I told a friend and that's pretty much a more detailed version of what he said. The rover however is currently without control, so my best plan would be a satellite that has an actual relay dish on it, heh. I'm going to develop a craft for that purpose right now.

Update on the situation, I think the problem is that I had no idea how these antenna were supposed to work. I think I need to set up an ACTUAL relay satellite now, because I've done it wrong.

I landed a rover on Duna with a platform that has a Communotron 88-88 attached. This platform can reach Kerbin just fine, however the rover (which has two Communotron 16-S antenna) can't make contact to Kerbin through this platform after I decoupled it from the platform. Is this intended behavior, or do I have a more serious problem on my hands? Here's a screenshot to show the proximity. Any ideas or is my rover dead on arrival here?