Ok, I´m at work now, so this is the short version. Fact is your So will lose contact even with a known contact when it enters the 170-190, even with engines shut. But manning the station your self you can here it. The question is if that is by design because thats the way it is, your own ship is in the way so to speek, or is it a miss, he should be able to here 360 with the engines shut ?
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