{
 "id": "faster-lora-settings-buy-far-less-than-the",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "Faster LoRa settings buy far less than the airtime math predicts \u2014 fixed per-message cost takes over above BW250",
 "symptom": "The airtime arithmetic says SF5/BW500 should be about 23x faster than SF7/BW62.5. Measured end to end it was only 3.2x, and the last three steps of the sweep bought almost nothing despite each roughly halving airtime.",
 "hw": [
  "sx1261",
  "sx1262",
  "lora",
  "heltec-v4",
  "ht-n5262"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "meshcore"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "intent": "Find the radio settings that give maximum throughput between two LoRa nodes sitting centimetres apart, where range is free",
 "date": "2026-08-19",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "body": "",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check"
 ],
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}