Evpatoria is significantly better than DSS for VHF and UHF?

[Clayell]

This just seems a bit odd to me, why does Evpatoria have significantly better gain than other DSS stations? It seems very overpowered, and I can even transmit to it with a 16 dBm antenna from the moon.

16 dBm antenna

[Capkirk123]

Because it's not a DSS station. That's the Antenna Evpatoria had.

[Clayell]

It seems to massively change the balance of the early game, I hardly need to worry about antenna mass or power usage at all if I can use a 16 dBm antenna instead of a 34 dBm antenna.

[Capkirk123]

Yeah there's gonna be an option to disable it eventually

[Clayell]

Can I see the source for the Evpatoria antenna? I can't believe that the soviets had an astronomically better radio station than the americans in the late 50s.

[Capkirk123]

RealAntennas/GameData/RealAntennas/RealismOverhaul.cfg

Line 517 in 7093b12

//Soviet ground stations

Knock yourself out

[Clayell]

Hm, I think I see the disconnect. The DSN doesn't have any upgrades past ground tech level 1 for VHF and UHF (and instead has upgrades for S and beyond), but Evpatoria has upgrades for VHF, UHF, and S+ past ground tech level 1. Surely the DSN had upgrades to VHF and UHF beyond the late 50s? (although I can't find any sources myself)