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 "id": "meshcore-bw62-5-sf7-holds-a-bench-distance",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "MeshCore BW62.5/SF7 holds a bench-distance link with >=22 dB of margin, more than TX reduction alone can exhaust",
 "symptom": "The link would not break. 100% ACK success at every TX power down to the radio firmware floor of 0 dBm.",
 "hw": [
  "ht-n5262",
  "heltec-v4"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "meshcore-1.16.0"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "intent": "Measure the real link margin of a MeshCore preset between two nodes at bench distance",
 "date": "2026-08-28",
 "status": "provisional",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check",
  "body"
 ],
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}