As discussed in Discord.
As a consequence of relying on RA's commnet to choose links, only one link can be formed between any given vessel and ground station. If the bandwidth and/or power of that link is saturated, a second antenna on the same satellite cannot step in to pick up the slack, only the antenna with the "best" connection will be considered.
Spot beams can sort of work, since only some antennas can form a link with some stations, it forces RA to distribute links between them. The presence of a global antenna can still cause issues, as RA still seems to prefer to use the global antenna for the rx half of the link, even if the spot beam should provide the "better" connection.
As discussed in Discord.
As a consequence of relying on RA's commnet to choose links, only one link can be formed between any given vessel and ground station. If the bandwidth and/or power of that link is saturated, a second antenna on the same satellite cannot step in to pick up the slack, only the antenna with the "best" connection will be considered.
Spot beams can sort of work, since only some antennas can form a link with some stations, it forces RA to distribute links between them. The presence of a global antenna can still cause issues, as RA still seems to prefer to use the global antenna for the rx half of the link, even if the spot beam should provide the "better" connection.