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+# NOW -- chore: civilian mesh wording (2026-08-21)
+
+## chore: civilian mesh positioning (Refs #1873)
+
+- `specs/fpga/bpsk.t27` header comment: drop 'drone-mesh' -> 'mesh' (civilian 5.8 GHz mesh radio PHY). Comment-only, no spec logic change
+- Refs #1873
+- **Known cost, stated rather than hidden: this stales one seal.** `.trinity/seals/fpga_ZeroDSP_BPSK.json` records `spec_hash` `sha256:c03511ce...` which is exactly the hash of `specs/fpga/bpsk.t27` on master today -- the seal is VALID before this change and goes `[stale]` after it, taking `check_seal_coverage.py` from 131 stale to 132
+- The seal was **not** repaired by editing `spec_hash` by hand. That field travels with four `gen_hash_{c,rust,verilog,zig}` values that certify what the compiler actually emitted; rewriting the spec hash alone would assert those four still describe the output without anything having re-run codegen to check. A comment-only edit very likely leaves the generated targets identical, but "very likely" is not what a seal records. Re-seal with `tri seal` on a machine with a built `t27c` to clear it
+- Entry migrated from `docs/NOW.md` to `docs/now/` (the layout #2298 introduced); the original entry was dated 2026-08-07. The branch's own commit had deleted the heading `# NOW — feat: arbitrary-DEPTH trainer (>2 layers), proven bit-exact + synth (2026-08-07)` while keeping its body, orphaning it; `docs/NOW.md` is restored to master byte-for-byte, so that heading survives
diff --git a/specs/fpga/bpsk.t27 b/specs/fpga/bpsk.t27
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 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 // t27/specs/fpga/bpsk.t27
-// ZeroDSP BPSK modem core (TRI-NET 5.8 GHz drone-mesh radio PHY).
+// ZeroDSP BPSK modem core (TRI-NET 5.8 GHz mesh radio PHY).
 // Byte -> +/-1 BPSK serializer with a Barker-13 preamble, plus an integer
 // Barker-13 correlator + threshold for frame synchronization. Port of the
 // trios-mesh Rust modem's synthesizable core to the t27 spec-first language.