diff --git a/firmware/application/apps/ui_sonde.cpp b/firmware/application/apps/ui_sonde.cpp
index 278037dd..28796cd7 100644
--- a/firmware/application/apps/ui_sonde.cpp
+++ b/firmware/application/apps/ui_sonde.cpp
@@ -130,6 +130,13 @@ SondeView::SondeView(NavigationView& nav) {
 	audio::output::start();
 	audio::output::speaker_unmute();
 
+	// inject a PitchRSSIConfigureMessage in order to arm 
+	// the pitch rssi events that will be used by the 
+	// processor:
+	const PitchRSSIConfigureMessage message { true, 0 };
+
+	shared_memory.application_queue.push(message);
+
 	baseband::set_pitch_rssi(0, true);
 }
 
diff --git a/firmware/baseband/proc_sonde.cpp b/firmware/baseband/proc_sonde.cpp
index a593bec9..4beb6eb4 100644
--- a/firmware/baseband/proc_sonde.cpp
+++ b/firmware/baseband/proc_sonde.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ void SondeProcessor::pitch_rssi_config(const PitchRSSIConfigureMessage& message)
 	// log_file.write_entry(datetime, "pitch_rssi_config: message.rssi: " + message.rssi);
 
 	pitch_rssi_enabled = message.enabled;
-	tone_delta = (message.rssi * 10 + 1000) * ((1ULL << 32) / 24000);
+	tone_delta = (message.rssi + 1000) * ((1ULL << 32) / 24000);
 
 	// log_file.write_entry(datetime, "pitch_rssi_config: tone_delta: " + tone_delta);
 }