self.start_listening(channel)

		message = []

		while True:
			radio_status = self.get_register_bits('status')
			self._debug("radio_status={}".format(radio_status))
			if radio_status['packet_flag'] == 0:
				if wait:
					time.sleep(wait_time)
					continue
				else:
					return None

			if radio_status['crc_error'] == 1:
				# Handle invalid packet ?
				self.start_listening(channel)
				continue

			# Data is available, read it from the FIFO register
			# The first result will include the length
			# XXX *IF* length encoding is enabled ?
			fifo_data = self.get_register('fifo')
			message_length = fifo_data >> 8

			if message_length == 0:
				self.start_listening(channel)
				continue

			# Keep track of the total message length to truncate it
			final_message_length = message_length

			message += [fifo_data & 0xff]
			message_length -= 1