Remotetech help

[Redjoker]

After setting up a network around kerbin of satellites that have a dipole antenna with a range of 5Mm and the probododyne remotetech satellite dish with a range of 50Mm. All of the dishes are activated. The ones in kerbin orbit are set to the moon sat and the moon sat is set to kerbin. Everything works fine until 10Mm where it loses connection. I can't figure out what I am doing wrong.

[stibbons]

I'm assuming here that the satellite that you're sending to Mun also has the 5Mm omni dipole and the 50Mm satellite dish, right?

Just setting the satellite dish to point to Kerbin won't work while you're in Kerbin's SOI. What I'm guessing is happening is that the dipole antennas on your Mun mission and in orbit around Kerbin are maintaining contact until their range is extended, and then you're losing connection.

Couple of options. Instead of pointing your Mun sat's dish at Kerbin, aim it explicitly at one of your Kerbin relay satellites. I'd pick the one that's most recently come in to line of sight, to give you the longest operating time. Or, if you can get your intercept with Mun lined up and squared away before you head out of range, just stay aimed at Kerbin and let it go dark for a while. Once the Mun sat moves from Kerbin's SOI to Mun's, it should lock on to Kerbin automatically.