Hi all, I just started with the LoRa telemetry radios from Microair . The MAVLink documentation states that SiK radios inject RADIO_STATUS messages which holds the rssi [image] [image] But I did not see this message stream in QGC. Is there a way to enable this message? Alternatively, are there an…

This message is usually sent/injected by the radio itself. Does your radio support it?

Hi Julian, thank you for the reply. I’m not sure about compatibility, but the message does not appear in MAVLink Inspector. There’s LINK_NODE_STATUS but it doesn’t say too much especially about rssi. Is there a way to hack the radio to inject it?

@JulianOes Hello, My telemetry radio supports the RADIO_STATUS (ID 109) MAVLink message. However, in my custom GCS I cannot see RADIO_STATUS by default. Behavior I see: If I connect to the drone with Skydroid GCS first → I can see RADIO_STATUS in Skydroid. If I then close Skydroid GCS and c…

Sounds like something to ask Skydroid, not sure how I could help here.

Code isn’t open-source and user support says no such function, so guess I’m on my own then :joy: stil many thanks for the help!

Recording telemetry performance with RADIO_STATUS

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JulianOes August 6, 2025, 10:09pm 4

If you have access to the source code of the radios and can build and flash them yourself, yes…

Or if you can convince the people making the radio, either using words or money.

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Recording telemetry performance with RADIO_STATUS

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