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Add comms TL10 #26

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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions GameData/RealAntennas/RealAntennas.cfg
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name__ = commsTL9
maxTechLevel = 9
}
UPGRADE:NEEDS[RP-0]
{
name__ = commsTL10
maxTechLevel = 10
}
}
}
}
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35 changes: 35 additions & 0 deletions GameData/RealAntennas/RealismOverhaul.cfg
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CostPerWatt = 0.4
ReceiverNoiseTemperature = 200 // 1.8dB
}
TechLevelInfo
{
//Based on Frontier Radio DS
//https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3383&context=smallsat
//https://www.eoportal.org/satellite-missions/frontier-radio
//Also this General Dynamics SSPA
//https://gdmissionsystems.com/-/media/General-Dynamics/Space-and-Intelligence-Systems/PDF/spaceborne-x-band-sspa-datasheet.ashx?la=en&hash=9646562DB405E956EFCAC0D2A14AB7F9FB28983A
//and this Thales TH4606 TWT
// 10.1109/IVEC56627.2023.10157133.
name = commsTL10
Level = 10
Description = Modern Comms, 2009-2018: 32-meter BWG noise reduction 2009, 3x34-meter antenna arraying 2018
PowerEfficiency = 0.4900 //TH4606 claims 49% efficiency at saturation
ReflectorEfficiency = 0.70 //guess. 34-meter BWG antenna is 0.75 in X-band (but 0.66 in Ka-band)
MinDataRate = 16
MaxDataRate = 134217728
MaxPower = 50
MassPerWatt = 0.09951 //1.37 kg for 17 W SSPA, 0.7 kg for 37 Watt TWT
BaseMass = 3.3 //Frontier Radio DS, plus 1 kg for power equipment?
BasePower = 9.5 //Frontier Radio DS with X-band Tx capability
BaseCost = 25 //guess
CostPerWatt = 0.4 //guess
ReceiverNoiseTemperature = 200 // <2 db. Same as TL9?
}
}

@Kopernicus:AFTER[zRealAntennas]:NEEDS[RealismOverhaul]
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RFBand = Ka
AMWTemp = 20
ModulationBits = 2
UPGRADE
{
TechLevel = 10
//By 2018 every DSN site has at least two 34-meter antennas, allowing an array
//of at least 2 antennas to be available at all time.
//7264 m^2 of effective antenna area, 66% reflector efficiency at 32 GHz
referenceGain = 82.34
//https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/link_gateway/2018AcAau.147...37L/doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.03.011
//34-meter Ka-band AMW decreased through improved feeds for JWST at some point
AMWTemp = 13.5
}
}
}
//NEN/STDN stations
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9 changes: 9 additions & 0 deletions GameData/RealAntennas/TechTree.cfg
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techRequired:NEEDS[!RP-0] = experimentalElectrics
title = Comms Tech Level 9
description = Upgrades Comms to Tech Level 9
}
//Just don't create this in stock, there's not enough nodes in the tech tree
PARTUPGRADE:NEEDS[RP-0]
{
name = commsTL10
partIcon = RelayAntenna50
techRequired = modernComms
title = Comms Tech Level 10
description = Upgrades Comms to Tech Level 10
}
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