diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.cpp b/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.cpp
index c6631df8..d1972ede 100644
--- a/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.cpp
+++ b/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.cpp
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ void MyMesh::onControlDataRecv(mesh::Packet *packet) {
           r.is_known = false;
         }
         r.type = node_type;
+        r.rssi = (int8_t)_radio->getLastRSSI();
         r.timestamp = getRTCClock()->getCurrentTime();
       }
       if (_ui) _ui->notify(UIEventType::newContactMessage);
diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.h b/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.h
index 9d063a99..de95afa4 100644
--- a/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.h
+++ b/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ struct DiscoverResult {
   char    name[32];   // contact name if known, "" if unknown (use type label)
   uint8_t type;       // ADV_TYPE_REPEATER / ADV_TYPE_SENSOR / ADV_TYPE_ROOM
   bool    is_known;   // true = in contacts[], false = new unknown node
+  int8_t  rssi;       // RSSI of the response as received by us (dBm)
   uint32_t timestamp;
 };
 
diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/NearbyScreen.h b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/NearbyScreen.h
index 59d131c9..014d0441 100644
--- a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/NearbyScreen.h
+++ b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/NearbyScreen.h
@@ -212,12 +212,15 @@ class NearbyScreen : public UIScreen {
         display.translateUTF8ToBlocks(filtered, label, sizeof(filtered));
         display.drawTextEllipsized(2, y, DIST_COL - 4, filtered);
 
-        // right: short type name; prefix '*' for nodes not in contacts
+        // right: type+RSSI for known ("Rpt-87"), just RSSI with '*' for new ("*-87")
         const char* st = (r.type == ADV_TYPE_REPEATER) ? "Rpt" :
                          (r.type == ADV_TYPE_SENSOR)   ? "Snsr" :
                          (r.type == ADV_TYPE_ROOM)     ? "Room" : "?";
-        char rtype[8];
-        snprintf(rtype, sizeof(rtype), r.is_known ? "%s" : "*%s", st);
+        char rtype[12];
+        if (r.is_known)
+          snprintf(rtype, sizeof(rtype), "%s%d", st, (int)r.rssi);
+        else
+          snprintf(rtype, sizeof(rtype), "*%d", (int)r.rssi);
         display.setCursor(DIST_COL, y);
         display.print(rtype);
       }