diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a37f230b2..7f36a21c2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1050,6 +1050,9 @@ add_executable (wsprsim ${wsprsim_CSRCS})
 add_executable (jt4code lib/jt4code.f90 wsjtx.rc)
 target_link_libraries (jt4code wsjt_fort wsjt_cxx)
 
+add_executable (msk144code lib/msk144code.f90 wsjtx.rc)
+target_link_libraries (msk144code wsjt_fort wsjt_cxx)
+
 add_executable (jt65 lib/jt65.f90 lib/jt65_test.f90 wsjtx.rc)
 target_link_libraries (jt65 wsjt_fort wsjt_cxx)
 
diff --git a/lib/msk144code.f90 b/lib/msk144code.f90
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ccada7e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/msk144code.f90
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+program msk144code
+
+! Provides examples of message packing, bit and symbol ordering,
+! LDPC encoding, and other necessary details of the MSK144 protocol.
+
+  use packjt
+  character msg*22,msgsent*22,decoded,bad*1,msgtype*13,mygrid*6
+  integer*4 i4tone(144)
+  logical*1 bcontest
+  include 'testmsg.f90'
+  data mygrid/'FN20qi'/
+
+  nargs=iargc()
+  if(nargs.ne.1) then
+     print*,'Usage: msk144code "message"'
+     print*,'       msk144code -t'
+     print*,' '
+     print*,'Examples:'
+     print*,'       msk144code "KA1ABC WB9XYZ EN37"'
+     print*,'       msk144code "<KA1ABC WB9XYZ> R-03"'     
+     go to 999
+  endif
+
+  bcontest=.false.
+  call getarg(1,msg)
+  nmsg=1
+  if(msg(1:2).eq."-t") then
+     testmsg(NTEST+1)="<KA1ABC WB9XYZ> -03"
+     testmsg(NTEST+2)="<KA1ABC WB9XYZ> R+03" 
+     testmsg(NTEST+3)="<KA1ABC WB9XYZ> RRR" 
+     testmsg(NTEST+4)="<KA1ABC WB9XYZ> 73" 
+     nmsg=NTEST+4
+  endif
+
+  write(*,1010)
+1010 format("     Message                 Decoded                Err? Type"/   &
+            74("-"))
+  do imsg=1,nmsg
+     if(nmsg.gt.1) msg=testmsg(imsg)
+     call fmtmsg(msg,iz)                !To upper case, collapse multiple blanks
+     ichk=0
+     call genmsk144(msg,mygrid,ichk,bcontest,msgsent,i4tone,itype)
+
+     msgtype=""
+     if(itype.eq.1) msgtype="Std Msg"
+     if(itype.eq.2) msgtype="Type 1 prefix"
+     if(itype.eq.3) msgtype="Type 1 suffix"
+     if(itype.eq.4) msgtype="Type 2 prefix"
+     if(itype.eq.5) msgtype="Type 2 suffix"
+     if(itype.eq.6) msgtype="Free text"
+     if(itype.eq.7) msgtype="Hashed callsigns"
+
+     bad=" "
+     if(msgsent.ne.msg) bad="*"
+     write(*,1020) imsg,msg,msgsent,bad,itype,msgtype
+1020 format(i2,'.',2x,a22,2x,a22,3x,a1,i3,": ",a13)
+  enddo
+
+  if(nmsg.eq.1) then
+     n=144
+     if(msg(1:1).eq."<") n=40
+     write(*,1030) i4tone(1:n)
+1030 format(/'Channel symbols:'/(72i1))
+  endif
+
+999 end program msk144code