getting full 33dbm only after sleepmode

[Jinovas]

For whatever reason lately I've been having issues where I haven't been able to get the full 33dbm power output and it appeared to be a little at random when it would work. It basically wouldn't change reg domains and the txpower would stay at 30dbm .

But I just discovered that if I close my laptop lid to put it in suspend mode, then open it back up, I'd get the full 33dbm output without even doing anything. In-fact, "iw reg get" still lists me as "US: DFS-FCC" with the max power rating at 30dbm...however "iwconfig" says I'm at 33dbm...I hope that made sense lol here's a screenshot showing a little of what I mean...

Any clue to what might be going on? I don't have this issue with my pi 3.