diff --git a/src/helpers/CommonCLI.cpp b/src/helpers/CommonCLI.cpp
index 8e861a62..73686e24 100644
--- a/src/helpers/CommonCLI.cpp
+++ b/src/helpers/CommonCLI.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,35 @@ void CommonCLI::handleCommand(uint32_t sender_timestamp, const char* command, ch
       checkAdvertInterval();
       savePrefs();
       sprintf(reply, "password now: %s", _prefs->password);   // echo back just to let admin know for sure!!
+    } else if (memcmp(command, "get ", 4) == 0) {
+      const char* config = &command[4];
+      if (memcmp(config, "af", 2) == 0) {
+        sprintf(reply, "> %s", StrHelper::ftoa(_prefs->airtime_factor));
+      } else if (memcmp(config, "advert.interval", 15) == 0) {
+        sprintf(reply, "> %d", ((uint32_t) _prefs->advert_interval) * 2);
+      } else if (memcmp(config, "guest.password", 14) == 0) {
+        sprintf(reply, "> %s", _prefs->guest_password);
+      } else if (memcmp(config, "name", 4) == 0) {
+        sprintf(reply, "> %s", _prefs->node_name);
+      } else if (memcmp(config, "repeat", 6) == 0) {
+        sprintf(reply, "> %s", _prefs->disable_fwd ? "off" : "on");
+      } else if (memcmp(config, "lat", 3) == 0) {
+        sprintf(reply, "> %s", StrHelper::ftoa(_prefs->node_lat));
+      } else if (memcmp(config, "lon", 3) == 0) {
+        sprintf(reply, "> %s", StrHelper::ftoa(_prefs->node_lon));
+      } else if (memcmp(config, "rxdelay", 7) == 0) {
+        sprintf(reply, "> %s", StrHelper::ftoa(_prefs->rx_delay_base));
+      } else if (memcmp(config, "txdelay", 7) == 0) {
+        sprintf(reply, "> %s", StrHelper::ftoa(_prefs->tx_delay_factor));
+      } else if (memcmp(config, "direct.txdelay", 14) == 0) {
+        sprintf(reply, "> %s", StrHelper::ftoa(_prefs->direct_tx_delay_factor));
+      } else if (memcmp(config, "tx", 2) == 0 && (config[2] == 0 || config[2] == ' ')) {
+        sprintf(reply, "> %d", (uint32_t) _prefs->tx_power_dbm);
+      } else if (memcmp(config, "freq", 4) == 0) {
+        sprintf(reply, "> %s", StrHelper::ftoa(_prefs->freq));
+      } else {
+        sprintf(reply, "??: %s", config);
+      }
     } else if (memcmp(command, "set ", 4) == 0) {
       const char* config = &command[4];
       if (memcmp(config, "af ", 3) == 0) {
diff --git a/src/helpers/TxtDataHelpers.cpp b/src/helpers/TxtDataHelpers.cpp
index 234c8328..0044fd28 100644
--- a/src/helpers/TxtDataHelpers.cpp
+++ b/src/helpers/TxtDataHelpers.cpp
@@ -18,3 +18,117 @@ void StrHelper::strzcpy(char* dest, const char* src, size_t buf_sz) {
     buf_sz--;
   }
 }
+
+#include <Arduino.h>
+
+union int32_Float_t 
+{
+  int32_t Long;
+  float Float;
+};
+
+#ifndef FLT_MIN_EXP
+#define FLT_MIN_EXP (-999)
+#endif
+ 
+#ifndef FLT_MAX_EXP
+#define FLT_MAX_EXP (999)
+#endif
+ 
+#define _FTOA_TOO_LARGE -2  // |input| > 2147483520 
+#define _FTOA_TOO_SMALL -1  // |input| < 0.0000001 
+ 
+//precision 0-9
+#define PRECISION 7
+ 
+//_ftoa function 
+static void _ftoa(float f, char *p, int *status) 
+{
+  int32_t mantissa, int_part, frac_part;
+  int16_t exp2;
+  int32_Float_t x;
+ 
+  *status = 0;
+  if (f == 0.0) 
+  {
+    *p++ = '0';
+    *p++ = '.';
+    *p++ = '0';
+    *p = 0;
+    return;
+  }
+ 
+  x.Float = f;
+  exp2 = (unsigned char)(x.Long>>23) - 127;
+  mantissa = (x.Long&0xFFFFFF) | 0x800000;
+  frac_part = 0;
+  int_part = 0;
+ 
+  if (exp2 >= 31) 
+  {
+    *status = _FTOA_TOO_LARGE;
+    return;
+  } 
+  else if (exp2 < -23) 
+  {
+    *status = _FTOA_TOO_SMALL;
+    return;
+  } 
+  else if (exp2 >= 23)
+  { 
+    int_part = mantissa<<(exp2 - 23);
+  }
+  else if (exp2 >= 0) 
+  {
+    int_part = mantissa>>(23 - exp2);
+    frac_part = (mantissa<<(exp2 + 1))&0xFFFFFF;
+  } 
+  else 
+  {
+    //if (exp2 < 0)
+    frac_part = (mantissa&0xFFFFFF)>>-(exp2 + 1);
+  }
+ 
+  if (x.Long < 0)
+      *p++ = '-';
+  if (int_part == 0)
+    *p++ = '0';
+  else 
+  {
+    ltoa(int_part, p, 10);
+    while (*p)
+      p++;
+  }
+  *p++ = '.';
+  if (frac_part == 0)
+    *p++ = '0';
+  else 
+  {
+    char m;
+ 
+    for (m=0; m<PRECISION; m++) 
+    {
+      //frac_part *= 10;
+      frac_part = (frac_part<<3) + (frac_part<<1); 
+      *p++ = (frac_part>>24) + '0';
+      frac_part &= 0xFFFFFF;
+    }
+ 
+    //delete ending zeroes
+    for (--p; p[0] == '0' && p[-1] != '.'; --p)
+      ;
+    ++p;
+  }
+  *p = 0;
+}
+
+const char* StrHelper::ftoa(float f) {
+  static char tmp[16];
+  int status;
+  _ftoa(f, tmp, &status);
+  if (status) {
+    tmp[0] = '0';  // fallback/error value
+    tmp[1] = 0;
+  }
+  return tmp;
+}
diff --git a/src/helpers/TxtDataHelpers.h b/src/helpers/TxtDataHelpers.h
index 589eec9a..3154766c 100644
--- a/src/helpers/TxtDataHelpers.h
+++ b/src/helpers/TxtDataHelpers.h
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ class StrHelper {
 public:
   static void strncpy(char* dest, const char* src, size_t buf_sz);
   static void strzcpy(char* dest, const char* src, size_t buf_sz);   // pads with trailing nulls
+  static const char* ftoa(float f);
 };