Twilight Enterprises

Hello all. I'm having a huge problem with the omni directional antennas not connecting with undocking ships. What I have is a remote controlled orbiter with a lander attached to it via docking clamps. Both are equipped with active antennas, however when I deploy the lander it has no connection despite still being right next to it. It's happened before in 0.23 too, is this a bug or intentional or what?