subroutine getcandidates4(id,fa,fb,syncmin,nfqso,maxcand,savg,candidate,   &
     ncand,sbase)

  include 'ft4_params.f90'
  real s(NH1,NHSYM)
  real savg(NH1),savsm(NH1)
  real sbase(NH1)
  real x(NFFT1)
  complex cx(0:NH1)
  real candidate(3,maxcand)
  integer*2 id(NMAX)
  integer indx(NH1)
  integer ipk(1)
  equivalence (x,cx)

! Compute symbol spectra, stepping by NSTEP steps.  
  savg=0.
  tstep=NSTEP/12000.0                         
  df=12000.0/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*id(ia:ib)
     x(NSPS+1:)=0.
     call four2a(x,NFFT1,1,-1,0)              !r2c FFT
     do i=1,NH1
        s(i,j)=real(cx(i))**2 + aimag(cx(i))**2
     enddo
     savg=savg + s(1:NH1,j)                   !Average spectrum
  enddo
  savsm=0.
  do i=8,NH1-7
    savsm(i)=sum(savg(i-7:i+7))/15.
  enddo
  nfa=fa/df
  nfb=fb/df
  np=nfb-nfa+1
  indx=0
  call indexx(savsm(nfa:nfb),np,indx)
  xn=savsm(nfa+indx(nint(0.3*np)))
  savsm=savsm/xn

  ncand=0
  f_offset = -1.5*12000/512
  do i=1,maxcand
     ipk=maxloc(savsm(nfa:nfb))
     ip=nfa-1+ipk(1)
     xmax=savsm(ip)
     savsm(max(1,ip-8):min(NH1,ip+8))=0.0
     if(xmax.ge.syncmin) then
        ncand=ncand+1
        candidate(1,ncand)=ip*df+f_offset 
        candidate(2,ncand)=-99.9
        candidate(3,ncand)=xmax
     else
        exit
     endif
  enddo
return
end subroutine getcandidates4