Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/dev' into integrate-upstream-dev-2026-07-09

# Conflicts:
#	.github/actions/setup-build-environment/action.yml
#	README.md
#	examples/simple_repeater/MyMesh.cpp
#	examples/simple_room_server/MyMesh.cpp
#	examples/simple_sensor/SensorMesh.cpp
#	src/helpers/CommonCLI.cpp
#	src/helpers/CommonCLI.h
#	src/helpers/radiolib/CustomLR1110Wrapper.h
#	variants/tenstar_c3/target.h

examples/simple_sensor/SensorMesh.cpp

@@ -323,6 +323,9 @@ uint32_t SensorMesh::getDirectRetransmitDelay(const mesh::Packet* packet) {
 int SensorMesh::getInterferenceThreshold() const {
   return _prefs.interference_threshold;
 }
+bool SensorMesh::getCADEnabled() const {
+  return _prefs.cad_enabled;
+}
 int SensorMesh::getAGCResetInterval() const {
   return ((int)_prefs.agc_reset_interval) * 4000;   // milliseconds
 }
@@ -726,11 +729,14 @@ SensorMesh::SensorMesh(mesh::MainBoard& board, mesh::Radio& radio, mesh::Millise
   _prefs.disable_fwd = true;
   _prefs.flood_max = 64;
   _prefs.interference_threshold = 0;  // disabled
+  _prefs.cad_enabled = 0;             // hardware CAD before TX (off by default; 'set cad on')
 
   // GPS defaults
   _prefs.gps_enabled = 0;
   _prefs.gps_interval = 0;
   _prefs.advert_loc_policy = ADVERT_LOC_PREFS;
+  _prefs.radio_fem_rxgain = 1;
+
   memset(default_scope.key, 0, sizeof(default_scope.key));
 }
 
@@ -765,6 +771,7 @@ void SensorMesh::begin(FILESYSTEM* fs) {
 
   radio_driver.setParams(_prefs.freq, _prefs.bw, _prefs.sf, _prefs.cr);
   radio_driver.setTxPower(_prefs.tx_power_dbm);
+  board.setLoRaFemLnaEnabled(_prefs.radio_fem_rxgain);
 
   updateAdvertTimer();
   updateFloodAdvertTimer();