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 "id": "meshcore-channel-messages-cost-more-airtime-the-longer",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "MeshCore channel messages cost more airtime the longer your node name is, because the name travels inside every message",
 "symptom": "Two nodes sending identical payloads on the same channel occupy measurably different amounts of airtime, and nothing in the message content explains it.",
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 "sw": [
  "meshcore"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "intent": "Minimise the airtime of a mesh sensor message",
 "date": "2026-08-21",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "body": "",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
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  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check"
 ],
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}