diff --git a/src/rf95/RadioLibInterface.cpp b/src/rf95/RadioLibInterface.cpp
index f1413fa8b..9ae539bd1 100644
--- a/src/rf95/RadioLibInterface.cpp
+++ b/src/rf95/RadioLibInterface.cpp
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ ErrorCode RadioLibInterface::send(MeshPacket *p)
     // we almost certainly guarantee no one outside will like the packet we are sending.
     if (canSendImmediately()) {
         // if the radio is idle, we can send right away
-        DEBUG_MSG("immediate send on mesh fr=0x%x,to=0x%x,id=%d\n (txGood=%d,rxGood=%d,rxBad=%d)\n", p->from, p->to, p->id, -1,
-                  -1, -1);
+        DEBUG_MSG("immediate send on mesh fr=0x%x,to=0x%x,id=%d\n (txGood=%d,rxGood=%d,rxBad=%d)\n", p->from, p->to, p->id,
+                  txGood, rxGood, rxBad);
 
         startSend(p);
         return ERRNO_OK;
@@ -95,8 +95,6 @@ void RadioLibInterface::loop()
     if (wasPending) {
         pending = ISR_NONE; // If the flag was set, it is _guaranteed_ the ISR won't be running, because it masked itself
 
-        DEBUG_MSG("Handling a LORA interrupt %d!\n", wasPending);
-
         if (wasPending == ISR_TX)
             handleTransmitInterrupt();
         else if (wasPending == ISR_RX)
@@ -122,6 +120,7 @@ void RadioLibInterface::startNextWork()
 
 void RadioLibInterface::handleTransmitInterrupt()
 {
+    DEBUG_MSG("handling lora TX interrupt\n");
     assert(sendingPacket); // Were we sending?
 
     completeSending();
@@ -130,6 +129,8 @@ void RadioLibInterface::handleTransmitInterrupt()
 void RadioLibInterface::completeSending()
 {
     if (sendingPacket) {
+        txGood++;
+
         // We are done sending that packet, release it
         packetPool.release(sendingPacket);
         sendingPacket = NULL;
@@ -142,12 +143,15 @@ void RadioLibInterface::handleReceiveInterrupt()
     assert(isReceiving);
     isReceiving = false;
 
+    DEBUG_MSG("handling lora RX interrupt\n");
+
     // read the number of actually received bytes
     size_t length = iface.getPacketLength();
 
     int state = iface.readData(radiobuf, length);
     if (state != ERR_NONE) {
         DEBUG_MSG("ignoring received packet due to error=%d\n", state);
+        rxBad++;
     } else {
         // Skip the 4 headers that are at the beginning of the rxBuf
         int32_t payloadLen = length - sizeof(PacketHeader);
@@ -167,9 +171,11 @@ void RadioLibInterface::handleReceiveInterrupt()
         if (!pb_decode_from_bytes(payload, payloadLen, SubPacket_fields, p)) {
             DEBUG_MSG("Invalid protobufs in received mesh packet, discarding.\n");
             packetPool.release(mp);
+            // rxBad++; not really a hw errpr
         } else {
             // parsing was successful, queue for our recipient
             mp->has_payload = true;
+            txGood++;
 
             deliverToReceiver(mp);
         }
diff --git a/src/rf95/RadioLibInterface.h b/src/rf95/RadioLibInterface.h
index eb5123390..161b3c30d 100644
--- a/src/rf95/RadioLibInterface.h
+++ b/src/rf95/RadioLibInterface.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class RadioLibInterface : public RadioInterface
 
     /**
      * What sort of interrupt do we expect our helper thread to now handle */
-    volatile PendingISR pending;
+    volatile PendingISR pending = ISR_NONE;
 
     /** Our ISR code currently needs this to find our active instance
      */
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ class RadioLibInterface : public RadioInterface
      */
     static void isrTxLevel0();
 
+    /**
+     * Debugging counts
+     */
+    uint32_t rxBad = 0, rxGood = 0, txGood = 0;
+
   protected:
     float bw = 125;
     uint8_t sf = 9;
diff --git a/src/rf95/SX1262Interface.cpp b/src/rf95/SX1262Interface.cpp
index 9b59804a0..d8c5e28da 100644
--- a/src/rf95/SX1262Interface.cpp
+++ b/src/rf95/SX1262Interface.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,11 @@ bool SX1262Interface::canSendImmediately()
     // We wait _if_ we are partially though receiving a packet (rather than just merely waiting for one).
     // To do otherwise would be doubly bad because not only would we drop the packet that was on the way in,
     // we almost certainly guarantee no one outside will like the packet we are sending.
-    bool busy = sendingPacket != NULL || (isReceiving && lora.getPacketLength() > 0);
+    bool busyTx = sendingPacket != NULL;
+    bool busyRx = isReceiving && lora.getPacketLength() > 0;
 
-    return !busy;
+    if (busyTx || busyRx)
+        DEBUG_MSG("Can not set now, busyTx=%d, busyRx=%d\n", busyTx, busyRx);
+
+    return !busyTx && !busyRx;
 }
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