[Modded] probe not connecting to interplanetary relay

[astral sphinx]

I have landed a rover alongside small relay on duna as part of an expedition. the rover has a communtron 16 and the relay has an RA-2. the relay connects to a spacecraft orbiting kerbol close to kerbin and then back to kerbin, meaning i can control the relay, but not send data because it has no non-relay antenna in range of a relay.

the rover has the small communtron 16, which is right next to the relay, yet cannot seem to connect to the relay in order to transmit its data.

idk why, as in my head the antenna should be able to connect to either the relay on the surface of duna with it, or one of the satellites in duna orbit.

the rover does not seem to be able to see anything on its commnet but the relay does.... how does the rover not see the relay next to it?

im gonna head to bed rn so please lmk if im doing something stewpid (i probs am)

[runic flare]

antenna not strong enough

[fringe hearth]

That seems like it should be OK, but what is the antenna setup on the Ares 1C relay? If you have a mix of relay and non-relay antennas, that might be why it appears to have a connection but cannot relay data back to kerbin. For the purposes of relaying a signal, only the relay antennas are considered.