{
 "id": "a-fixed-antenna-restored-a-board-s-scan",
 "kind": "issue",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "A fixed antenna restored a board's scan sensitivity while leaving its associated WiFi path 21 dB down, and ESP-NOW to the same board is unaffected",
 "symptom": "A board previously measured 34 dB down (2 BSS at -92 dBm against 8 at -56 dBm from a neighbour) now scans BETTER than either neighbour: 8 BSS at -59 dBm best, 4 dB above the board beside it. ESP-NOW to it is indistinguishable from the good board \u2014 59,563 B/s at 0.0000% retransmit against 58,657 B/s. But its ASSOCIATED WiFi path sits at -26 dBm where the other board sits at -5 dBm, and UDP to it runs at roughly half goodput with 54.5% retransmit at 200-byte frames and 68.1% at 1400-byte frames.",
 "hw": [
  "esp32-s3",
  "xiao-esp32s3-sense"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "esp-idf",
  "arduino-esp32",
  "wifi",
  "esp-now"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64",
  "debian-13"
 ],
 "about": [
  "xiao-esp32s3-sense"
 ],
 "intent": "Confirming whether a previously deaf board's radio is fit to carry measurements",
 "date": "2026-08-28",
 "status": "provisional",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "check",
  "body"
 ],
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}