Suggestions for Space Station antenna?

[TheAngryHulk]

So I'm about to send up the antenna array for my space station around Kerbin. Are there any suggestions for which antenna I should attach? i.e. relays, standard antenna, a mix... etc.

[bewing]

Are you playing with the Kerbin ground stations turned off?

 

[TheAngryHulk]

No, this savegame has them all on. 

[bewing]

If the ground stations are turned on, then antennas on your station will only be for decoration. So pick the prettiest ones. Ground station antennas are always better than anything you can launch into space.

 

[swjr-swis]

18 hours ago, bewing said:

Ground station antennas are always better than anything you can launch into space.

To paraphrase Nemo: "You underestimate my antenna arrays. You underestimate them... greatly."

 

Spoiler

Stock DSN power at level 1 = 2G, level 2 = 50G, level 3 = 250G.

CommsArray-283 = 283G

CommsArray-837 = 837G

 

Edited September 4, 2018 by swjr-swis
100<>250

[mystifeid]

29 minutes ago, swjr-swis said:

Stock DSN power at level 1 = 2G, level 2 = 50G, level 3 = 100G.

According to the Wiki, level 3 is 250G.

[swjr-swis]

11 minutes ago, mystifeid said:

According to the Wiki, level 3 is 250G.

And I wrote in the wrong value. Thank you for alerting me to it.