• shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip
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    11 days ago

    I got the 10Ah version in october 2025 and have tested it to last 50 days once already and am at 42 days as of now

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          11 days ago

          The battery life makes more sense now. As the mesh grows, retransmission increases and therefore power consumption. Either way, the 10Ah Heltec would last the longest.

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            11 days ago

            It’s a portable device, so I always run mine in client mute, so it’s not retransmitting other packets, because it’s kind of pointless to do so with such a small antenna.