I've moved this from another thread for ease of viewing.
I've discovered back in February that you can comm ships and stations beyond 25km if you have a remote pilot capable ship within the 25km limit.
How to:
1. Engage Remote Pilot by click one of your compatible ships, opening one of you monitors (I prefer the left one, so the talking heads don't obscure your view like they do on the right monitor), ensure that ship currently has no orders, and click its name. The name at the top of the monitor will turn yellow and you will be remotely piloting it.
2. Get that ship within 25km of the target and target the target by pressing "T". (Pressing F3 will give you a better view as the monitors won't render as much of the sector as the main screen will. Simply place the camera behind the ship.)
3. Click the target's name which will be on the bottom of the monitor. It will give you a menu just like it would if you did it from within the player ship.
4. Click Comm. You are now speaking with your target.
This was for TC but I don't believe it has changed at all for AP.
Original thread here
-EDIT
Just double checked, it does work for AP.
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