Removed Remote Tech, now antenna won't work for data

[Zeiss Ikon]

I've been having trouble with Remote Tech in my RO/RP-0(/KCT/RSS/Principia) install that I think is due to KSC Switcher putting Mission Control in South America.  So, in order to be able to at least build and launch real-like 1951 rockets (A-4 with a sounding rocket as an upper stage, mostly -- >600 km with a 40+ kg science payload), I removed Remote Tech (using CKAN, which I had used to install everything for this install that has a CKAN entry).

Now, a Communotron 16-S lacks an "activate" button, whether in VAB, on the pad, or in flight -- which means I can't transmit experimental data.  Doesn't matter in Sandbox, but if I have to run my career without Remote Tech because of the KSC Switcher conflict, I'll need to be able to transmit data right from the start -- and I'd much rather not start over installing this...

Suggestions on something I might be missing?

[Lego_Prodigy]

Use surface mounted version maybe? But as far as fixing modded versions I cant really help that greatly.

[Zeiss Ikon]

I've removed the Remote Tech mod.  Now, RO/RP-1 do mod the ranges, electric consumption, and data rates of the antennae, but they're supposed to work just like they do in the original.  In this case, Communotron 16S is a surface mount antenna.