Why is the HG-55 not a Relay antenna?

[OrbitalBuzzsaw]

Why isn't it? The HG-5 is, so, yeah. Also, the Comms DTS-M1 isn't a Relay antenna.. WHY???? All "Dish" antennas should be relays!

EDIT : The Communotron 88-88 isn't a relay antenna EITHER! WHAT? WHY?!!

Edited October 17, 2016 by OrbitalBuzzsaw

[tater]

16 minutes ago, OrbitalBuzzsaw said:

Why isn't it? The HG-5 is, so, yeah. Also, the Comms DTS-M1 isn't a Relay antenna.. WHY???? All "Dish" antennas should be relays!

EDIT : The Communotron 88-88 isn't a relay antenna EITHER! WHAT? WHY?!!

If anything, it should be the opposite, frankly. Why do you think a single dish should be able to point more than one direction at once, exactly?

[OrbitalBuzzsaw]

Because we don't want stock RT, that's why.

[tater]

8 minutes ago, OrbitalBuzzsaw said:

Because we don't want stock RT, that's why.

That's not an answer, I never liked RT, either (having to use a relay for anything other than LOS issues to landers or low orbiting stuff means it's broken).

Bottom line is that HGAs have very narrow beams, all a relay really is is usually a UHF to talk to a rover, etc, and a board to receive, buffer, then retransmit using the HGA aboard.

The real issue is why the new HGAs are made of Lead (or maybe Osmium).

[Wjolcz]

3 hours ago, tater said:

The real issue is why the new HGAs are made of Lead (or maybe Osmium).

I assume you mean they are too heavy. 4 da new playaz of course! To balance things out and introduce them to the game mechanics! It's how things work in gamez yo yo yo yo