Introduction

Are you tired of trying to mount a clunky, old antenna onto your sleek, new spacecraft? Have you been wondering how your intrepid team of kerbonauts is able radio Kouston without one? Are you afraid that the transmitter will be torn off of your plane's fuselage by atmospheric drag? Kerbin's prestigious Avalon Research Instutute has teamed up with Ionic Symphonic Protonic Electronics to bring your space program a solution! Thanks to recent advances in the science of cramming-big-things-into-tiny-spaces-that-are-way-too-small-for-them, ARI and ISPE have developed a revolutionary method to add data transmission to any crewable command module. Now, your spacecraft can enjoy crystal-clear communication with ground control--without the added bulk. The manufacturers deny allegations that this innovation was developed to clear inventory of a shipment of Communotron 16 antennas that was crushed by a delivery truck. Small chunks of rubber lodged in the product are a normal result of the manufacturing process.

Description

Radio Free Kerbin adds data transmission capability to all command pods and cockpits. It uses a ModuleManager config to modify the data transmission module to allow transmitting science data for all command parts with a non-zero crew capacity (i.e. not probe cores).

Note that the Radio Free Kerbin version numbers are unrelated to the KSP version numbers.

Features

Feature	Status
Data transmission for all crewable command parts	Complete
Remote Tech support	Complete
AntennaRange support	Complete
Kerbalism support	Complete
Antenna specs upgrade with unlocked tech nodes	In Progress
Antenna specs vary between different pods	Cancelled

CKAN

CKAN is the officially recommended installation method for RadioFreeKerbin! Just search for it, check the box, apply the changes, and voilà.

Manual Installation
To install RadioFreeKerbin manually, copy the contents of the GameData folder in the download to KSP's GameData folder. If ModuleManager is already installed, you only need to copy over the RadioFreeKerbin folder.

GitHub

Required

RadioFreeKerbin requires ModuleManager and will not function without it. The most recent version of ModuleManager at release time is included in the download, but it is recommended that you download the most recent version of ModuleManager at install time.

Supported

KSP-AVC is supported (as of v1.0.0)
CKAN listing is supported (as of v1.0.1)
RemoteTech is supported, courtesy of Deimos Rast (as of v1.1.0)
AntennaRange is supported (as of v1.1.0)
Kerbalism is supported, courtesy of ShotgunNinja (as of v1.1.1)

Issues

RadioFreeKerbin undergoes careful texting and review before each release. That said, it is possible that you will encounter bugs or compatibility issues with RadioFreeKerbin. Please open a new issue on GitHub with as much detail as possible and I will attempt to resolve the problem.