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STRETCH UPDATES - COHORT 3

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    Map: Cohort II Current Locations   Map: Cohort III Current Locations Fifth Annual Hawaii Pacific University Turtle Workshop STRETCH RESOURCES AND INFORMATION Questions????:  email - mrice@hpa.edu November 20, 2025 COHORT II 500 DAYS SINCE RELEASE Sixteen members of Cohort II   continue to transmit and give good locations.  Below is a chart of their battery voltages.   A Note from WC about voltage: The tags (both SPLASH and SPOT) use 3.6 V lithium thionyl chloride chemistry  batteries  and a HLC (hybrid layer capacitor) to delivery the high capacity and support long life. When in a passive state they can register above 3.6 V because of the HCL. It’s the lower end  voltage  under load (when its actively transmitting) that we are mostly concerned with, that gives an indication of the  battery  health. As long as they remains above 3.3 V then things are good. Once it drops to below 3.2 V for se...