diff --git a/lib/qra/q65/q65.c b/lib/qra/q65/q65.c
index 46d88301c..ddd764615 100644
--- a/lib/qra/q65/q65.c
+++ b/lib/qra/q65/q65.c
@@ -712,7 +712,9 @@ int q65_decode_fullaplist(q65_codec_ds *codec,
 		// point to next codeword
 		pCw+=nN;
 	}
-	q65_llh=maxllh;
+
+	q65_llh=maxllh;		// save for Joe's use
+
 	if (maxcw<0) // no llh larger than threshold found
 		return Q65_DECODE_FAILED;	  
 
diff --git a/lib/qra/q65/q65.h b/lib/qra/q65/q65.h
index 94f6d568c..9e3d79adb 100644
--- a/lib/qra/q65/q65.h
+++ b/lib/qra/q65/q65.h
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
 // maximum number of weights for the fast-fading metric evaluation
 #define Q65_FASTFADING_MAXWEIGTHS 65
 
-float q65_llh;
+extern float q65_llh;
+
 typedef struct {
 	const qracode *pQraCode; // qra code to be used by the codec
 	float decoderEsNoMetric; // value for which we optimize the decoder metric