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The '''Communotron 16''' is a deployable [[antenna]] item for the [[science]] transfer system. Like the [[Communotron 88-88]], the Communotron 16 can be deployed and retracted through action groups or manually.
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The '''Communotron 16''' is a deployable [[antenna]] item for the [[science]] transfer system. Like the [[Communotron 88-88]], the Communotron 16 can be deployed and retracted through action groups or manually. It has no drag due to being a [[physicsless part]].{{Check version||1.0.2}}
 
 
Currently{{Check version||0.25}}, it has "PhysicsSignificance = 1", making it a zero drag and [[massless part]].
 
  
 
== Product description ==
 
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Revision as of 19:35, 10 June 2015

Communotron 16
Part image
Antenna by
Ionic Symphonic Protonic Electronics

Radial size Tiny
Cost (total) 300.00 Funds
Mass (total) 0.00500 t [N 1]
Drag 0.2 [N 1]
Max. Temp. 2000 K
Volume  ?
Impact Tolerance 7 m/s
Research Engineering 101.png Engineering 101
Unlock cost 750 Funds
Since version 0.18
Part configuration commsAntenna16.cfg
Packet size 2 Mits
Transmission speed 3.33 Mits/s
Electricity required 6 ⚡/Mits

  1. 1.0 1.1 The mass and drag are from the part config, but the game handles it as physicsless.

The Communotron 16 is a deployable antenna item for the science transfer system. Like the Communotron 88-88, the Communotron 16 can be deployed and retracted through action groups or manually. It has no drag due to being a physicsless part.[outdated]

Product description

The Communotron 16 is a versatile and lightweight antenna, suitable for moderate-range communication, long-range backup communication, eavesdropping on secret government operations.

Technical

Extended Communotron 16 on a Command Pod Mk1

The Communotron 16 has a data rate of 0.8 Mits/s and a data cost of 10 e/Mit. While by far the slowest transmitting device, it also uses the least amount of electricity and is the first one the player gets their hands on. It's small and can be placed almost anywhere.

Changes

0.24
  • cost changed from 150 to 300 (and made significant)
0.23.5
0.22
  • Added function
0.19
  • Extended description
0.18
  • Initial Release