Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may determine a message type for a random access message associated with a two-step random access channel procedure. The message type may be either a first message type or a second message type that is different from the second message type. The message type may be determined based at least in part on whether a signal strength satisfies a signal strength threshold. The user equipment may transmit the random access message based at least in part on the determined message type. Numerous other aspects are provided.