subroutine syncmsk144(cdat,npts,metric,msgreceived,fest)
  use iso_c_binding, only: c_loc,c_size_t
  use packjt
  use hashing
  use timer_module, only: timer

  parameter (NSPM=864)
  character*22 msgreceived
  character*85 pchk_file,gen_file
  complex cdat(npts)                    !Analytic signal
  complex cdat2(npts)                    !Analytic signal
  complex cav(NSPM)                    !Analytic signal
  complex c(NSPM)
  complex ctmp(6000)                  
  complex cb(42)                        !Complex waveform for sync word 
  complex csum,cfac,cca,ccb
  complex cc(npts)
  complex cc1(npts)
  complex cc2(npts)
  complex bb(6)
  integer s8(8),hardbits(144),hardword(128),unscrambledhardbits(128)
  integer*1, target:: i1Dec8BitBytes(10)
  integer, dimension(1) :: iloc
  integer*4 i4Msg6BitWords(12)          !72-bit message as 6-bit words
  integer*4 i4Dec6BitWords(12)  
  integer*1 decoded(80)   
  integer*1, allocatable :: message(:)
  integer*1 i1hashdec
  integer ipeaks(10)
  logical ismask(6000)
  real cbi(42),cbq(42)
  real tonespec(6000)
  real rcw(12)
  real dd(npts)
  real pp(12)                          !Half-sine pulse shape
  real*8 dt, df, fs, twopi
  real softbits(144)
  real*8 unscrambledsoftbits(128)
  real lratio(128)
  logical first
  data first/.true./

  data s8/0,1,1,1,0,0,1,0/
!  save first,cb,cd,pi,twopi,dt,f0,f1
  save

  if(first) then
! These files can be found in /lib/ldpc/jtmode_codes directory
     pchk_file="peg-128-80-reg3.pchk"
     gen_file="peg-128-80-reg3.gen"
     call init_ldpc(trim(pchk_file)//char(0),trim(gen_file)//char(0))
! define half-sine pulse and raised-cosine edge window
     pi=4d0*datan(1d0)
     twopi=8d0*datan(1d0)
     dt=1.0/12000.0
     do i=1,12
       angle=(i-1)*pi/12.0
       pp(i)=sin(angle)
       rcw(i)=(1-cos(angle))/2
     enddo

! define the sync word waveform
     s8=2*s8-1  
     cbq(1:6)=pp(7:12)*s8(1)
     cbq(7:18)=pp*s8(3)
     cbq(19:30)=pp*s8(5)
     cbq(31:42)=pp*s8(7)
     cbi(1:12)=pp*s8(2)
     cbi(13:24)=pp*s8(4)
     cbi(25:36)=pp*s8(6)
     cbi(37:42)=pp(1:6)*s8(8)
     cb=cmplx(cbi,cbq)

     first=.false.
  endif

! Coarse carrier frequency sync
! look for tones near 2k and 4k in the (analytic signal)**2 spectrum 
! search range for coarse frequency error is +/- 100 Hz
  fs=12000.0
  nfft=6000      !using a zero-padded fft to get 2 Hz bins
  df=fs/nfft

  ctmp=cmplx(0.0,0.0)
  ctmp(1:npts)=cdat**2   
  ctmp(1:12)=ctmp(1:12)*rcw
  ctmp(npts-11:npts)=ctmp(npts-11:npts)*rcw(12:1:-1)
  call four2a(ctmp,nfft,1,-1,1)  
  tonespec=abs(ctmp)**2 

  ismask=.false.
  ismask(1901:2101)=.true.  ! high tone search window
  iloc=maxloc(tonespec,ismask)           
  ihpk=iloc(1)
  ah=tonespec(ihpk)
  ismask=.false.
  ismask(901:1101)=.true.   ! window for low tone
  iloc=maxloc(tonespec,ismask)           
  ilpk=iloc(1)
  al=tonespec(ilpk)
  if( ah .ge. al ) then
    ferr=(ihpk-2001)*df/2.0 
    tot=sum(tonespec(1901:2101))
    q1=200*ah/(tot-tonespec(ihpk))
  else
    ferr=(ilpk-1001)*df/2.0
    tot=sum(tonespec(901:1101))
    q1=200*al/(tot-tonespec(ilpk))
  endif
  fdiff=(ihpk-ilpk)*df 

! remove coarse freq error - should now be within a few Hz
  call tweak1(cdat,npts,-(1500+ferr),cdat)

! attempt frame synchronization
! correlate with sync word waveforms - the resulting complex
! correlations provide all synch information.
  cc=0
  cc1=0
  cc2=0
  do i=1,npts-(56*6+41)
    cc1(i)=sum(cdat(i:i+41)*conjg(cb))
    cc2(i)=sum(cdat(i+56*6:i+56*6+41)*conjg(cb))
  enddo
  cc=cc1+cc2
  dd=abs(cc1)*abs(cc2)

! Find 5 largest peaks
  do ipk=1,5
    iloc=maxloc(abs(cc))           
    ic1=iloc(1)
    iloc=maxloc(dd)           
    ic2=iloc(1)
    ipeaks(ipk)=ic2
    dd(max(1,ic2-7):min(npts-56*6-41,ic2+7))=0.0
  enddo


! See if we can find "closed brackets" - a pair of peaks that differ by 864, plus or minus
! This information is not yet used for anything
  do ii=1,5
    do jj=ii+1,5
      if( (ii .ne. jj) .and. (abs( abs(ipeaks(ii)-ipeaks(jj))-864) .le. 5) ) then
      write(78,*) "closed brackets: ",ii,jj,ipeaks(ii),ipeaks(jj),abs(ipeaks(ii)-ipeaks(jj))
      endif
    enddo
  enddo

  do iav=0,1
  do ipk=1,5 
! we want ic to be the index of the first sample of the message
  ic=ipeaks(ipk)

! This needs to be improved - it's used to protect the edges of the array from
! overruns. 
  if( ic .lt. 12 .or. ic .gt. 2*864-12 ) then
!    write(*,*) "Peak not in central section: ",ipk,is,ic
    cycle
  endif

! bb is used to place the sampling index at the center of the eye
  do i=1,6
   io=i-3
   bb(i) = sum( ( cdat(ic+io:ic+io+864:6) * conjg( cdat(ic+io+6:ic+io+6+864:6) ) )*2 )
  enddo
  iloc=maxloc(abs(bb))
  ibb=iloc(1)
!  write(*,*) 'ic0: ',ic,'bb peak is at : ',ibb
! Adjust frame index to place peak of bb at desired lag
  ic=ic + ibb-2

! Sanity check - recompute bb and verify that peak is now at designated lag.
!  do i=1,6
!   io=i-3
!   bb(i) = sum( ( cdat(ic+io:ic+io+864:6) * conjg( cdat(ic+io+6:ic+io+6+864:6) ) )*2 )
!  enddo
!  iloc=maxloc(abs(bb))
!  ibb=iloc(1)
! write(*,*) 'ic1: ',ic,'bb peak is at : ',ibb

! Average two frames on the second pass only if its incredibly easy to do
! better than nothing. Should be improved.
  c=cdat(ic:ic+864-1)
  if( iav .eq. 1 ) then
    id0=ic+864
    id1=ic+864+863
    if( id1 .le. npts ) then
      c=c+cdat(id0:id1)
    else
      cycle
    endif
  endif 

! Estimate fine frequency error. 
  cca=sum(c(1:1+41)*conjg(cb))
  ccb=sum(c(1+56*6:1+56*6+41)*conjg(cb))
  cfac=ccb*conjg(cca)
  ferr2=atan2(imag(cfac),real(cfac))/(twopi*56*6*dt)

! Final estimate of the carrier frequency - returned to the calling program
  fest=1500+ferr+ferr2

! Remove fine frequency error and put the results in cdat2
  call tweak1(c,npts,-ferr2,c)

! Estimate final frequency error and carrier phase. 
  cca=sum(c(1:1+41)*conjg(cb))
  ccb=sum(c(1+56*6:1+56*6+41)*conjg(cb))
  cfac=ccb*conjg(cca)
  ffin=atan2(imag(cfac),real(cfac))/(twopi*56*6*dt)
  phase0=atan2(imag(cca+ccb),real(cca+ccb))

! Remove the static phase error from the data
  cfac=cmplx(cos(phase0),sin(phase0))
  c=c*conjg(cfac)

! sample to get softsamples
  do i=1,72
    softbits(2*i-1)=imag(c(1+(i-1)*12))
    softbits(2*i)=real(c(7+(i-1)*12))  
  enddo
  hardbits=0
  do i=1,144
    if( softbits(i) .ge. 0.0 ) then
      hardbits(i)=1
    endif
  enddo 

! calculated the number of sync-word bits that are incorrect
! this might come in handy some day
  nbadsync=sum(s8*(2*hardbits(1:8)-1))
  nbadsync=nbadsync+sum(s8*(2*hardbits(57:57+7)-1))
  nbadsync=16-nbadsync

! this could be used to count the number of hard errors that were corrected
  hardword(1:48)=hardbits(9:9+47)  
  hardword(49:128)=hardbits(65:65+80-1)  
  unscrambledhardbits(1:127:2)=hardword(1:64) 
  unscrambledhardbits(2:128:2)=hardword(65:128) 


! normalize the softsymbols before submitting to decoder
  sav=sum(softbits)/144
  s2av=sum(softbits*softbits)/144
  ssig=sqrt(s2av-sav*sav)
  softbits=softbits/ssig

  sigma=0.65
  lratio(1:48)=softbits(9:9+47)
  lratio(49:128)=softbits(65:65+80-1)
  lratio=exp(2.0*lratio/(sigma*sigma))
  
  unscrambledsoftbits(1:127:2)=lratio(1:64) 
  unscrambledsoftbits(2:128:2)=lratio(65:128) 

  max_iterations=20
  max_dither=50
  call ldpc_decode(unscrambledsoftbits, decoded, max_iterations, niterations, max_dither, ndither)

!  if( niterations .lt. 0 ) then 
!    msgreceived=' '
!    return
!  endif
  if( niterations .ge. 0.0 ) then
    goto 778
  endif
enddo
enddo

msgreceived=' '
goto 999

778 continue
! The decoder found a codeword - compare decoded hash with calculated
! Collapse 80 decoded bits to 10 bytes. Bytes 1-9 are the message, byte 10 is the hash
    do ibyte=1,10   
      itmp=0
      do ibit=1,8
        itmp=ishft(itmp,1)+iand(1,decoded((ibyte-1)*8+ibit))
      enddo
      i1Dec8BitBytes(ibyte)=itmp
    enddo

! Calculate the hash using the first 9 bytes.
    ihashdec=nhash(c_loc(i1Dec8BitBytes),int(9,c_size_t),146)
    ihashdec=2*iand(ihashdec,255)

! Compare calculated hash with received byte 10 - if they agree, keep the message.
    i1hashdec=ihashdec

    if( i1hashdec .eq. i1Dec8BitBytes(10) ) then
! Good hash --- unpack 72-bit message
      do ibyte=1,12
        itmp=0
        do ibit=1,6
          itmp=ishft(itmp,1)+iand(1,decoded((ibyte-1)*6+ibit))
        enddo
        i4Dec6BitWords(ibyte)=itmp
      enddo
      call unpackmsg(i4Dec6BitWords,msgreceived)
    endif

write(78,1001) iav,ipk,is,fest,nbadsync,phase0,niterations,ndither,i1hashdec,i1Dec8BitBytes(10),msgreceived
1001 format(i6,i6,i6,f10.1,i6,f10.2,i6,i6,i6,i6,4x,a22)
999 return

end subroutine syncmsk144