1. In a radio receiving system having components that cause degradation of a received radio signal, an apparatus in a radio receiver for producing a compensated radio signal strength information (RSSI) signal from a degraded received radio signal, comprising: replaceable means for receiving the degraded received radio signal and generating a degraded RSSI signal therefrom, comprising analog means for generating the degraded RSSI signal from the degraded received radio signal, and first means for storing a plurality of RSSI signal values at respective addresses, wherein each of the plurality of RSSI signal values corresponds to a respective value of the degraded RSSI signal generated by the analog means, each of the plurality of RSSI signal values is compensated for the respective degradation of the received radio signal, and each of the plurality of RSSI signal values is stored at an address corresponding to the respective value of the degraded RSSI signal; and digital means, coupled to the replaceable receiving and generating means, for producing, from the degraded RSSI signal and from at least one of the plurality of RSSI signal values, a compensated RSSI Signal value, wherein the replaceable receiving and generating mean further comprises an analog-to-digital converter for converting the degraded RSSI signal generated by the analog means to a digital degraded RSSI signal that is coupled to the digital means, and wherein the digital means comprises: second means for storing RSSI signal values at respective addresses; first digital logic means, coupled to the analog-to-digital converter and to the second storing means, for generating an address from the digital degraded RSSI signal and for retrieving from the second storing means an RSSI signal value stored at the generated address, wherein the first digital logic means provides at an output the retrieved RSSI signal value as the compensated RSSI signal value; and second digital logic means, coupled to the first and second storing means, for retrieving from the first storing means the RSSI signal value stored at an address corresponding to the degraded digital RSSI signal and for causing the second storing means to store at the generated address the RSSI signal value retrieved from the first storing means.