diff --git a/radio-rx/main.c b/radio-rx/main.c
index dacf5fa..fccca65 100644
--- a/radio-rx/main.c
+++ b/radio-rx/main.c
@@ -9,15 +9,13 @@
 void status(display_t *display, rfm_t *radio, int clock) {
     op_mode_t mode = rfm_mode(radio);
     interrupt_flags_t flags = rfm_interrupts(radio);
-    uint8_t rssi = rfm_rssi(radio);
+    // uint8_t rssi = rfm_rssi(radio);
 
     display_clear(display);
 
-    /*
     char clock_str[16];
     sprintf(clock_str, "%4d ", clock);
     display_write_message(display, clock_str);
-    */
 
     if (mode.listen_on) display_write_message(display, "Listen ");
     if (mode.mode == sleep) display_write_message(display, "Sleep");
@@ -28,9 +26,11 @@ void status(display_t *display, rfm_t *radio, int clock) {
 
     display_set_location(display, 1, 0);
 
+    /*
     char msg[16];
     snprintf(msg, 15, "[-%d] ", rssi / 2);
     display_write_message(display, msg);
+    */
 
     if (flags.mode_ready)       display_write_message(display, "R ");
     if (flags.rx_ready)         display_write_message(display, "RX ");
@@ -70,16 +70,19 @@ int main(void) {
     _delay_ms(15);
     display_init(&display);
     display_clear(&display);
+    display_write_message(&display, "waking up");
 
     rfm_error_e error;
 
     rfm_init(&radio, (uint8_t [4]){ 0xde, 0xca, 0xfb, 0xad }, 4, &error);
     rfm_listen(&radio);
 
+    /*
     if (!error) {
         display_write_message(&display, "error detected");
         return 0;
     }
+    */
 
     /*
     uint8_t word[8];
@@ -99,12 +102,15 @@ int main(void) {
     _delay_ms(5000);
     */
 
+    /*
     char msg[16];
     uint32_t frequency = rfm_frequency(&radio);
     snprintf(msg, 15, "F: %ld", frequency);
     display_write_message(&display, msg);
     _delay_ms(5000);
+    */
 
+    int clock = 0;
     while(1) {
         // char msg[16];
         // uint8_t packet[66];
@@ -116,7 +122,23 @@ int main(void) {
         //     display_write_message(&display, msg);
         //     _delay_ms(1000);
         // }
-        status(&display, &radio, 0);
+        interrupt_flags_t flags = rfm_interrupts(&radio);
+        if (flags.fifo_not_empty) {
+            uint8_t packet[66];
+            uint8_t length;
+
+            rfm_receive(&radio, packet, &length);
+
+            char msg[16];
+            snprintf(msg, 15, "[%d]: %d", length, packet[0]);
+
+            display_clear(&display);
+            display_write_message(&display, msg);
+            _delay_ms(1000);
+        }
+
+        status(&display, &radio, clock);
         _delay_ms(1000);
+        clock++;
     }
 }
diff --git a/rfm69hcw/rfm.c b/rfm69hcw/rfm.c
index 42f79d4..953ba03 100644
--- a/rfm69hcw/rfm.c
+++ b/rfm69hcw/rfm.c
@@ -17,19 +17,29 @@ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Lum
 #define REG_FIFO                0x00
 #define REG_OP_MODE             0x01
 #define REG_DATA_MODUL          0x02
+#define REG_BITRATE_MSB         0x03
+#define REG_BITRATE_LSB         0x04
+#define REG_FDEV_MSB            0x05
+#define REG_FDEV_LSB            0x06
 #define REG_VERSION             0x10
+#define REG_PA_LEVEL            0x11
+#define REG_RXBW                0x19
+#define REG_AFCBW               0x1a
 #define REG_RSSI_CONFIG         0x23
 #define REG_RSSI_VALUE          0x24
 #define REG_DIO_MAPPING1        0x25
 #define REG_IRQ_FLAGS1          0x27
 #define REG_IRQ_FLAGS2          0x28
 #define REG_RSSI_THRESH         0x29
+#define REG_PREAMBLE_MSB        0x2c
+#define REG_PREAMBLE_LSB        0x2d
 #define REG_SYNC_CONFIG         0x2e
 #define REG_SYNC_VALUE1         0x2f
 #define REG_PACKET_CONFIG1      0x37
 #define REG_FIFO_THRESH         0x3c
 #define REG_TEST_PA1            0x5a
 #define REG_TEST_PA2            0x5c
+#define REG_TEST_DAGC           0x6f
 
 #define PA1_LOW_POWER           0x55
 #define PA1_HIGH_POWER          0x5D
@@ -81,27 +91,56 @@ void rfm_init(rfm_t *rfm, uint8_t *sync_word, size_t length, rfm_error_e *error)
         return;
     }
 
-    rfm_set_mode(rfm, (op_mode_t){ .listen_on = false, .mode = standby });
-
-    _rfm_write(rfm, REG_DATA_MODUL, (uint8_t [1]){ _BV(3) }, 1);
+    // RadioHead packet format
+    // 4 bytes preamble (done automatically)
+    // 2 Sync words 2d, d4 (configured here, but done automatically)
+    // 2 CRC CCITT octets computed on the header, length, and data (wat?)
+    // 0 to 60 bytes of data
+    // RSSI Threshhold -114dbm
+    // No RFM69HCW adress filtering. Payload has custom headers.
 
     _rfm_write(rfm, REG_FIFO_THRESH, (uint8_t [1]){ 0x8f }, 1);
     _rfm_write(rfm, REG_RSSI_THRESH, (uint8_t [1]){ 0xe4 }, 1);
+
+    // Fading margin improvement (3.4.4). Improved Margin, LowBeta off
+    _rfm_write(rfm, REG_TEST_DAGC, (uint8_t [1]){ 0x30 }, 1);
+
     _rfm_set_low_power(rfm);
 
-    _rfm_write(rfm, REG_PACKET_CONFIG1,
-            (uint8_t [1]){
-            _BV(7)          /* variable length packets */
-            | _BV(6)        /* DC whitening */
-            | _BV(4)        /* CRC on */
-            | _BV(0)        /* packet filtering does not require node address */
-            }, 1);
-
-    _rfm_write(rfm, REG_SYNC_CONFIG, (uint8_t [1]){ _BV(7) | (length << 2) }, 1);
+    uint8_t syncconfig;
+    _rfm_read(rfm, REG_SYNC_CONFIG, &syncconfig, 1);
     uint8_t word_base = REG_SYNC_VALUE1;
     for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
         _rfm_write(rfm, word_base + i, &sync_word[i], 1);
     }
+    syncconfig &= ~0b00111000;
+    syncconfig |= (length - 1) << 3;
+    _rfm_write(rfm, REG_SYNC_CONFIG, &syncconfig, 1);
+
+    _rfm_write(rfm, REG_PREAMBLE_MSB, (uint8_t [1]){ 0 }, 1);
+    _rfm_write(rfm, REG_PREAMBLE_LSB, (uint8_t [1]){ 4 }, 1);
+
+    // Datamodul: CONFIG_FSK (Packet mode, FSK, no shaping: 0b00000000
+    // BitRateMSB: 0x00
+    // BitRateLSB: 0x80 (oscillator 32,000,000 / bitrate 250kbps = 128 (0x80))
+    // FDEVMSB: 0x10
+    // FDEVLSB: 0x00
+    // RXBW: 0xe0
+    // AFCBW: 0xe0
+    // PacketConfig1: CONFIG_WHITE (variable packet format, whitening on, crc on, no address filtering)
+
+    _rfm_write(rfm, REG_DATA_MODUL, (uint8_t [1]){ 0 }, 1);
+    _rfm_write(rfm, REG_BITRATE_MSB, (uint8_t [1]){ 0 }, 1);
+    _rfm_write(rfm, REG_BITRATE_LSB, (uint8_t [1]){ 0x80 }, 1);
+    _rfm_write(rfm, REG_FDEV_MSB, (uint8_t [1]){ 0x10 }, 1);
+    _rfm_write(rfm, REG_FDEV_LSB, (uint8_t [1]){ 0x00 }, 1);
+    _rfm_write(rfm, REG_RXBW, (uint8_t [1]){ 0xe0 }, 1);
+    _rfm_write(rfm, REG_AFCBW, (uint8_t [1]){ 0xe0 }, 1);
+    _rfm_write(rfm, REG_PACKET_CONFIG1, (uint8_t [1]){ 0b10110000 }, 1);
+
+    // set power level 13dbm
+    // This is super complicated. Dig through the RadioHead library and the documentation and make things better.
+    _rfm_write(rfm, REG_PA_LEVEL, (uint8_t [1]){ 0b11000000 | 31 }, 1);
 }
 
 uint8_t sync_word(rfm_t *rfm, uint8_t sync_word[8]) {
@@ -167,18 +206,11 @@ void rfm_receive_mode(rfm_t *rfm) {
     rfm_set_mode(rfm, (op_mode_t){ .listen_on = false, .mode = rx });
 }
 
-void rfm_receive(display_t *display, rfm_t *rfm, uint8_t data[66], uint8_t *length) {
-    display_clear(display);
-
+void rfm_receive(rfm_t *rfm, uint8_t data[66], uint8_t *length) {
     _rfm_write(rfm, REG_DIO_MAPPING1, (uint8_t [1]){ _BV(6) }, 1);
     rfm_set_mode(rfm, (op_mode_t){ .listen_on = false, .mode = rx });
     _rfm_read(rfm, REG_FIFO, length, 1);
 
-    char msg[16];
-    sprintf(msg, "length: %d", *length);
-    display_write_message(display, msg);
-    _delay_ms(1000);
-
     if (*length > 0) {
         _rfm_read(rfm, 0x00, data, *length);
     }
diff --git a/rfm69hcw/rfm.h b/rfm69hcw/rfm.h
index 9bed95f..3ae1343 100644
--- a/rfm69hcw/rfm.h
+++ b/rfm69hcw/rfm.h
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ void rfm_sleep(rfm_t *);
 void rfm_standby(rfm_t *);
 void rfm_receive_mode(rfm_t *);
 void rfm_transmit(rfm_t *rfm, uint8_t *data, uint8_t length);
-void rfm_receive(display_t *display, rfm_t *rfm, uint8_t data[66], uint8_t *length);
+void rfm_receive(rfm_t *rfm, uint8_t data[66], uint8_t *length);
 
 op_mode_t rfm_mode(rfm_t *rfm);
 void rfm_set_mode(rfm_t *rfm, op_mode_t mode);