subroutine sync8(dd,nfa,nfb,syncmin,nfqso,s,candidate,ncand,sbase)

  include 'ft8_params.f90'
! Search over +/- 2.5s relative to 0.5s TX start time.
  parameter (JZ=62)
  complex cx(0:NFFT1)
  real s(NFFT1,NHSYM)
  real savg(NFFT1)
  real sbase(NFFT1)
  complex x(NFFT1)
  real sync2d(NFFT1,-JZ:JZ)
  real red(NFFT1)
  real candidate0(3,MAXCAND)
  real candidate(3,MAXCAND)
  complex dd(NMAX)
  integer jpeak(NFFT1)
  integer indx(NFFT1)
  integer ii(1)
  integer icos7(0:6)
  data icos7/3,1,4,0,6,5,2/                   !Costas 7x7 tone pattern
  equivalence (x,cx)

! Compute symbol spectra, stepping by NSTEP steps.
  savg=0.
  tstep=NSTEP/4000.0
  df=4000.0/NFFT1                             !3.125 Hz
  fac=1.0/300.0
  do j=1,NHSYM
     ia=(j-1)*NSTEP + 1
     ib=ia+NSPS-1
     x(1:NSPS)=fac*dd(ia:ib)
     x(NSPS+1:)=0.
     call four2a(x,NFFT1,1,-1,1)              !c2c FFT
     x=cshift(x,NFFT1/2)
     do i=1,NFFT1
        s(i,j)=real(cx(i))**2 + aimag(cx(i))**2
     enddo
     savg=savg + s(1:NFFT1,j)                 !Average spectrum
  enddo
  call baseline(savg,nfa,nfb,sbase)

  ia=max(1,nint(nfa/df))
  ib=nint(nfb/df)
  nssy=NSPS/NSTEP   ! # steps per symbol
  nfos=NFFT1/NSPS   ! # frequency bin oversampling factor
  jstrt=0.5/tstep
  candidate0=0.
  k=0

  do i=ia,ib
     do j=-JZ,+JZ
        ta=0.
        tb=0.
        tc=0.
        t0a=0.
        t0b=0.
        t0c=0.
        do n=0,6
           m=j+jstrt+nssy*n
           if(m.ge.1.and.m.le.NHSYM) then
              ta=ta + s(i+nfos*icos7(n),m)
              t0a=t0a + sum(s(i:i+nfos*6:nfos,m))
           endif
           tb=tb + s(i+nfos*icos7(n),m+nssy*36)
           t0b=t0b + sum(s(i:i+nfos*6:nfos,m+nssy*36))
           if(m+nssy*72.le.NHSYM) then
              tc=tc + s(i+nfos*icos7(n),m+nssy*72)
              t0c=t0c + sum(s(i:i+nfos*6:nfos,m+nssy*72))
           endif
        enddo
        t=ta+tb+tc
        t0=t0a+t0b+t0c
        t0=(t0-t)/6.0
        sync_abc=t/t0
        t=tb+tc
        t0=t0b+t0c
        t0=(t0-t)/6.0
        sync_bc=t/t0
        sync2d(i,j)=max(sync_abc,sync_bc)
     enddo
  enddo

  red=0.
  do i=ia,ib
     ii=maxloc(sync2d(i,-JZ:JZ)) - 1 - JZ
     j0=ii(1)
     jpeak(i)=j0
     red(i)=sync2d(i,j0)
  enddo
  iz=ib-ia+1
  call indexx(red(ia:ib),iz,indx)
  npctile=nint(0.40*iz)
  if(npctile.lt.1) then ! something is wrong; bail out
    ncand=0
    return;
  endif
  ibase=indx(npctile) - 1 + ia
  if(ibase.lt.1) ibase=1
  if(ibase.gt.NFFT1) ibase=NFFT1
  base=red(ibase)
  red=red/base

  do i=1,min(MAXCAND,iz)
     n=ia + indx(iz+1-i) - 1
     if(red(n).lt.syncmin.or.isnan(red(n)).or.k.eq.MAXCAND) exit
     k=k+1
     candidate0(1,k)=n*df
     candidate0(2,k)=(jpeak(n)-1)*tstep
     candidate0(3,k)=red(n)
  enddo
  ncand=k

! Put nfqso at top of list, and save only the best of near-dupe freqs.
  do i=1,ncand
     if(abs(candidate0(1,i)-nfqso).lt.10.0) candidate0(1,i)=-candidate0(1,i)
     if(i.ge.2) then
        do j=1,i-1
           fdiff=abs(candidate0(1,i))-abs(candidate0(1,j))
           if(abs(fdiff).lt.4.0) then
              if(candidate0(3,i).ge.candidate0(3,j)) candidate0(3,j)=0.
              if(candidate0(3,i).lt.candidate0(3,j)) candidate0(3,i)=0.
           endif
        enddo
     endif
  enddo

  fac=20.0/maxval(s)
  s=fac*s

! Sort by sync
!  call indexx(candidate0(3,1:ncand),ncand,indx)
! Sort by frequency
  call indexx(candidate0(1,1:ncand),ncand,indx)
  k=1
!  do i=ncand,1,-1
  do i=1,ncand
     j=indx(i)
!     if( candidate0(3,j) .ge. syncmin .and. candidate0(2,j).ge.-1.5 ) then
     if( candidate0(3,j) .ge. syncmin ) then
       candidate(2:3,k)=candidate0(2:3,j)
       candidate(1,k)=abs(candidate0(1,j))
       k=k+1
     endif
  enddo
  ncand=k-1
  return
end subroutine sync8