{
 "id": "a-29-byte-sensor-payload-exceeds-the-us",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "A 29 byte sensor payload exceeds the US 400 millisecond dwell limit from spreading factor 10 upwards at BW125, and the firmware transmits anyway without warning",
 "symptom": "Slow spreading factors are chosen for range with no indication that anything is wrong. Nothing in the API refuses the setting, nothing warns, and the messages transmit and arrive normally.",
 "hw": [
  "heltec-v4",
  "ht-n5262",
  "sx1262",
  "sx1261",
  "lora"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "meshcore"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "intent": "Choose LoRa radio settings that stay inside the US 902 to 928 MHz dwell time limit",
 "date": "2026-08-20",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "body": "",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check"
 ],
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}