{
 "id": "reducing-lora-transmit-power-stops-attenuating-below-about",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "Reducing LoRa transmit power stops attenuating below about -9 dBm \u2014 you cannot fake a weak link that way",
 "symptom": "Requesting progressively lower transmit power stopped changing anything. Received signal strength tracked the request from +22 dBm down to about -9 dBm, then froze: requests of -9, -20, -30, -40 and -60 dBm all produced the same -84 to -85 dBm received, with delivery essentially unchanged. It looks like the link is immune to attenuation, which is obviously wrong.",
 "hw": [
  "sx1261",
  "sx1262",
  "lora"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "meshcore"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "intent": "Simulate a long-range or marginal link between two radios sitting centimetres apart by turning transmit power down",
 "date": "2026-08-19",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "body": "",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check"
 ],
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}