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 "id": "a-lora-transmission-runs-about-165-microseconds-longer",
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 "title": "A LoRa transmission runs about 165 microseconds longer than the formula predicts, confirmed three separate ways this week",
 "symptom": "Measured airtime is consistently a little above the standard calculation, by an amount too small to be an error in the formula and too consistent to be noise.",
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 ],
 "intent": "Predict LoRa time on air accurately enough for a duty cycle or dwell budget",
 "date": "2026-08-21",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "body": "",
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  "fix",
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 ],
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}