diff --git a/docs/cli_commands.md b/docs/cli_commands.md
index 2d31a18b..6adcc4c7 100644
--- a/docs/cli_commands.md
+++ b/docs/cli_commands.md
@@ -1115,8 +1115,8 @@ set direct.retry.margin 10
 - Lower SNR uses more robust coding rates.
 - CR6 is intentionally skipped.
 - `off` disables per-packet retry CR overrides and uses the current radio CR.
-- Unknown repeaters start at `+2.00 dB` for adaptive CR selection.
-- A failed unknown repeater is seeded at `+1.75 dB`.
+- Unknown repeaters start at `+3.00 dB` for adaptive CR selection.
+- A failed unknown repeater is seeded at `+2.75 dB`.
 - Each later failure lowers the SNR estimate by `0.25 dB`.
 
 **Examples:**
@@ -1164,6 +1164,15 @@ set direct.retry.cr 20.0,12.0,6.0,2.0
 - `snr_db`: SNR in dB.
 - `page`: 1-based result page.
 
+**SNR details:**
+- Recent repeater SNR is stored internally in quarter-dB units.
+- Heard repeater samples update an existing table entry with a weighted blend: `75%` existing SNR and `25%` new heard SNR, rounded up.
+- Direct retry success also feeds the heard echo SNR back into the same weighted table.
+- Direct retry failure is not weighted: each final echo-timeout failure lowers that repeater's SNR by `0.25 dB`.
+- Unknown repeaters start at `+3.00 dB` for adaptive CR selection.
+- If an unknown repeater fails, it is seeded into the table at `+2.75 dB`.
+- `set recent.repeater <prefix> <snr_db>` seeds a missing prefix or adds another weighted sample for an existing prefix.
+
 **Examples:**
 ```
 get recent.repeater
diff --git a/examples/simple_repeater/MyMesh.cpp b/examples/simple_repeater/MyMesh.cpp
index f8946e64..05c308bc 100644
--- a/examples/simple_repeater/MyMesh.cpp
+++ b/examples/simple_repeater/MyMesh.cpp
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ bool MyMesh::allowDirectRetry(const mesh::Packet* packet, const uint8_t* next_ho
 
   if (repeater == NULL) {
     // Retry unknown repeaters too. If they fail, onDirectRetryFailed() seeds the
-    // recent-repeater table below the +2.00 dB starting point.
+    // recent-repeater table below the +3.00 dB starting point.
     return true;
   }
   int16_t retry_floor_x4 = (int16_t)getDirectRetryMinSNRX4() + (int16_t)_prefs.direct_retry_snr_margin_x4;
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ bool MyMesh::allowDirectRetry(const mesh::Packet* packet, const uint8_t* next_ho
 
 void MyMesh::configureDirectRetryPacket(mesh::Packet* retry, const mesh::Packet* original, uint8_t retry_attempt) {
   (void)retry_attempt;
-  int8_t snr_x4 = 8;  // unknown repeaters start at +2.00 dB
+  int8_t snr_x4 = 12;  // unknown repeaters start at +3.00 dB
   const SimpleMeshTables* tables = static_cast<const SimpleMeshTables*>(getTables());
   if (tables != NULL) {
     uint8_t prefix[MAX_HASH_SIZE];
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ void MyMesh::onDirectRetryFailed(const uint8_t* next_hop_hash, uint8_t next_hop_
   SimpleMeshTables* tables = static_cast<SimpleMeshTables*>(getTables());
   if (tables != NULL) {
     if (!tables->decrementRecentRepeaterSnrX4(next_hop_hash, next_hop_hash_len, 1)) {
-      tables->setRecentRepeater(next_hop_hash, next_hop_hash_len, 7, false, true);
+      tables->setRecentRepeater(next_hop_hash, next_hop_hash_len, 11, false, true);
     }
   }
 }