diff --git a/lib/ft8/ft8apset.f90 b/lib/ft8/ft8apset.f90
index 08dff8012..c7e5cbe18 100644
--- a/lib/ft8/ft8apset.f90
+++ b/lib/ft8/ft8apset.f90
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ subroutine ft8apset(mycall12,mygrid6,hiscall12,hisgrid6,bcontest,apsym)
   hisgrid=hisgrid6(1:4)
   if(index(hisgrid," ").eq.0) hisgrid="AA00"
   msg=mycall//' '//hiscall//' '//hisgrid
-  i3=0                                       ! ### TEMPORARY ??? ###
+  i3=1                                       ! ### TEMPORARY ??? ###
   n3=0 !TEMPORARY
   call genft8(msg,mygrid6,bcontest,i3,n3,msgsent,msgbits,itone)
   apsym=2*msgbits-1
diff --git a/lib/ft8/ft8apset_174_91.f90 b/lib/ft8/ft8apset_174_91.f90
index f2f2aeb77..11f427f8e 100644
--- a/lib/ft8/ft8apset_174_91.f90
+++ b/lib/ft8/ft8apset_174_91.f90
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ subroutine ft8apset_174_91(mycall12,mygrid6,hiscall12,hisgrid6,bcontest,apsym)
   hisgrid=hisgrid6(1:4)
   if(index(hisgrid," ").eq.0) hisgrid="AA00"
   msg=mycall//' '//hiscall//' '//hisgrid
-  i5bit=0                                       ! ### TEMPORARY ??? ###
-  call genft8_174_91(msg,mygrid6,bcontest,i5bit,msgsent,msgbits,itone)
+  i3=1                                       ! ### TEMPORARY ??? ###
+  n3=0
+  call genft8_174_91(msg,mygrid6,bcontest,i3,n3,msgsent,msgbits,itone)
   apsym=2*msgbits-1
   return
 end subroutine ft8apset_174_91
diff --git a/lib/ft8/ft8b_1.f90 b/lib/ft8/ft8b_1.f90
index 05b0ac12c..d2ed64dda 100644
--- a/lib/ft8/ft8b_1.f90
+++ b/lib/ft8/ft8b_1.f90
@@ -380,8 +380,10 @@ subroutine ft8b_1(dd0,newdat,nQSOProgress,nfqso,nftx,ndepth,lapon,lapcqonly,   &
         if(i3bit.eq.1) decoded(57:)=0
         call extractmessage174(decoded,message,ncrcflag)
         decoded=decoded0
-! This needs fixing for messages with i3bit=1:        
-        call genft8(message,mygrid6,bcontest,i3bit,0,msgsent,msgbits,itone)
+! This needs fixing for messages with i3bit=1:  
+        i3=1  !TEMPORARY  
+        n3=0    
+        call genft8(message,mygrid6,bcontest,i3,0,msgsent,msgbits,itone)
         if(lsubtract) call subtractft8(dd0,itone,f1,xdt2)
         xsig=0.0
         xnoi=0.0
diff --git a/lib/ft8/genft8.f90 b/lib/ft8/genft8.f90
index 9400293a2..6d66b5cda 100644
--- a/lib/ft8/genft8.f90
+++ b/lib/ft8/genft8.f90
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ subroutine genft8(msg,mygrid,bcontest,i3,n3,msgsent,msgbits,itone)
   itype=1
   if( ( i3.eq.0 .and. n3.ge.2) .or. i3.ge.2 ) itype=2
 write(*,*) 'generating type ',itype,' message'
+write(*,*) 'msg ',msg
   if(itype.eq.2 ) goto 900
 
   call packmsg(msg,i4Msg6BitWords,itype,bcontest) !Pack into 12 6-bit bytes