Only need one relay antenna, right?

[davidpsummers]

The issue of having one antenna take to two different craft at the same time is hand waved in the comment rules right?  You only need one relay antenna on the relay probe?

[Kryxal]

You don't need more antennae to talk to more craft, but multiple relays do extend range...

[Blaarkies]

1 hour ago, davidpsummers said:

The issue of having one antenna take to two different craft at the same time is hand waved in the comment rules right?  You only need one relay antenna on the relay probe?

One relay dish will let an infinite amount of other probes talk to it simultaneously. This relay dished satellite will have player control via it's relay dish(no need to add direct antennae on it)
Adding multiples of the relay dishes on a single craft increases it's range, but with diminishing returns(10 dishes are only slightly better than 9 dishes)
Dishes need to be on the same craft to increase range, no need for extra electricity generation for relay services(they only use extra EC when the relay probes itself transmits science...relaying science from other probes doesn't care about having extra EC)
Relays in highly elliptical orbits towards the north/south of planets can give you incredible coverage for very little effort/cost
Having a ground based relay on kerbin's mountain west of KSC can improve consistent connection for a cheap price with low tech
 

[davidpsummers]

Thanks....