diff --git a/lib/js8/js8dec.f90 b/lib/js8/js8dec.f90
index 3f41dc0..1b3fd47 100644
--- a/lib/js8/js8dec.f90
+++ b/lib/js8/js8dec.f90
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ subroutine js8dec(dd0,icos,newdat,nQSOProgress,nfqso,nftx,ndepth,lapon,lapcqonly
   integer naptypes(0:5,4) ! (nQSOProgress, decoding pass)  maximum of 4 passes for now
   integer*1, target:: i1hiscall(12)
   complex cd0(0:NP-1)
-  complex ctwk(NDOWNSPS)
   complex csymb(NDOWNSPS)
   complex cs(0:7, NN)
   logical first,newdat,lsubtract,lapon,lapcqonly,nagain
@@ -120,7 +119,7 @@ subroutine js8dec(dd0,icos,newdat,nQSOProgress,nfqso,nftx,ndepth,lapon,lapcqonly
   endif
 
   do idt=i0-NQSYMBOL,i0+NQSYMBOL             !Search over +/- one quarter symbol
-     call syncjs8d(cd0,icos,idt,ctwk,0,sync)
+     call syncjs8d(cd0,icos,idt,0.0,sync)
   
      if(NWRITELOG.eq.1) then
          write(*,*) '<DecodeDebug> idt', idt, 'sync', sync
@@ -146,23 +145,9 @@ subroutine js8dec(dd0,icos,newdat,nQSOProgress,nfqso,nftx,ndepth,lapon,lapcqonly
 
   ! Search over +/- 1/2*nfsrch Hz (i.e., +/- 2.5Hz)
   do ifr=-NFSRCH,NFSRCH
-    ! compute the ctwk samples at the delta frequency to by used in syncjs8d
-    ! to detect peaks at frequencies +/- 2.5 Hz so we can align the decoder
-    ! for the best possible chance at decoding.
-    !
-    ! NOTE: this does not need to compute the entire set of samples for the 
-    !       costas arrays...it only needs to do it for the delta frequency
-    !       whose conjugate is multiplied against each csync array in syncjs8d
-
     delf=ifr*0.5
-    dphi=twopi*delf*dt2
-    phi=0.0
-    do i=1,NDOWNSPS
-      ctwk(i)=cmplx(cos(phi),sin(phi))
-      phi=mod(phi+dphi,twopi)
-    enddo
 
-    call syncjs8d(cd0,icos,i0,ctwk,1,sync)
+    call syncjs8d(cd0,icos,i0,delf,sync)
 
     if(NWRITELOG.eq.1) then
         write(*,*) '<DecodeDebug> df', delf, 'sync', sync
@@ -188,7 +173,7 @@ subroutine js8dec(dd0,icos,newdat,nQSOProgress,nfqso,nftx,ndepth,lapon,lapcqonly
     flush(6)
   endif
 
-  call syncjs8d(cd0,icos,i0,ctwk,0,sync)
+  call syncjs8d(cd0,icos,i0,0.0,sync)
 
   if(NWRITELOG.eq.1) then
     write(*,*) '<DecodeDebug> ibest', ibest
@@ -199,7 +184,6 @@ subroutine js8dec(dd0,icos,newdat,nQSOProgress,nfqso,nftx,ndepth,lapon,lapcqonly
   do k=1,NN
     i1=ibest+(k-1)*NDOWNSPS
     csymb=cmplx(0.0,0.0)
-    !if( i1.ge.1 .and. i1+31 .le. NP2 ) csymb=cd0(i1:i1+31)
     if( i1.ge.0 .and. i1+(NDOWNSPS-1) .le. NP2-1 ) csymb=cd0(i1:i1+(NDOWNSPS-1))
     call four2a(csymb,NDOWNSPS,1,-1,1)
     s2(0:7,k)=abs(csymb(1:8))/1e3
diff --git a/lib/js8/syncjs8d.f90 b/lib/js8/syncjs8d.f90
index 67e3170..2c578a4 100644
--- a/lib/js8/syncjs8d.f90
+++ b/lib/js8/syncjs8d.f90
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-subroutine syncjs8d(cd0,icos,i0,ctwk,itwk,sync)
+subroutine syncjs8d(cd0,icos,i0,delf,sync)
 ! Compute sync power for a complex, downsampled JS8 signal.
 
   !include 'js8_params.f90'
   parameter(NP=NMAX/NDOWN, NP2=NN*NDOWNSPS)
   complex cd0(0:NP-1)
   complex csynca(0:6,NDOWNSPS),csyncb(0:6,NDOWNSPS),csyncc(0:6,NDOWNSPS)
-  complex csync2(NDOWNSPS)
+  complex csync2a(NDOWNSPS),csync2b(NDOWNSPS),csync2c(NDOWNSPS)
   complex ctwk(NDOWNSPS)
   complex z1,z2,z3
+  real delf
   logical first
   integer icos
   data first/.true./
@@ -67,8 +68,26 @@ subroutine syncjs8d(cd0,icos,i0,ctwk,itwk,sync)
     first=.false.
   endif
 
-  sync=0
+  ! compute the ctwk samples at the delta frequency to by used to detect peaks
+  ! at frequencies +/- delf so we can align the decoder for the best possible
+  ! chance at decoding.
+  !
+  ! NOTE: this does not need to compute the entire set of samples for the 
+  !       costas arrays...it only needs to do it for the delta frequency
+  !       whose conjugate is multiplied against each csync arrays for those 
+  !       coastas signals
+  if(delf.ne.0.0) then
+    fs2=12000.0/NDOWN
+    dt2=1.0/fs2
+    dphi=twopi*delf*dt2
+    phi=0.0
+    do i=1,NDOWNSPS
+      ctwk(i)=cmplx(cos(phi),sin(phi))
+      phi=mod(phi+dphi,twopi)
+    enddo
+  endif
 
+  sync=0
   do i=0,6
     i1=i0+i*NDOWNSPS
     i2=i1+36*NDOWNSPS
@@ -78,17 +97,17 @@ subroutine syncjs8d(cd0,icos,i0,ctwk,itwk,sync)
     z2=0.
     z3=0.
 
-    csync2=csynca(i,1:NDOWNSPS)
-    if(itwk.eq.1) csync2=ctwk*csync2
-    if(i1.ge.0 .and. i1+NDOWNSPS-1.le.NP2-1) z1=sum(cd0(i1:i1+NDOWNSPS-1)*conjg(csync2))
+    csync2a=csynca(i,1:NDOWNSPS)
+    if(delf.ne.0.0) csync2a=ctwk*csync2a
+    if(i1.ge.0 .and. i1+NDOWNSPS-1.le.NP2-1) z1=sum(cd0(i1:i1+NDOWNSPS-1)*conjg(csync2a))
 
-    csync2=csyncb(i,1:NDOWNSPS)
-    if(itwk.eq.1) csync2=ctwk*csync2
-    if(i2.ge.0 .and. i2+NDOWNSPS-1.le.NP2-1) z2=sum(cd0(i2:i2+NDOWNSPS-1)*conjg(csync2))
+    csync2b=csyncb(i,1:NDOWNSPS)
+    if(delf.ne.0.0) csync2b=ctwk*csync2b
+    if(i2.ge.0 .and. i2+NDOWNSPS-1.le.NP2-1) z2=sum(cd0(i2:i2+NDOWNSPS-1)*conjg(csync2b))
 
-    csync2=csyncc(i,1:NDOWNSPS)
-    if(itwk.eq.1) csync2=ctwk*csync2
-    if(i3.ge.0 .and. i3+NDOWNSPS-1.le.NP2-1) z3=sum(cd0(i3:i3+NDOWNSPS-1)*conjg(csync2))
+    csync2c=csyncc(i,1:NDOWNSPS)
+    if(delf.ne.0.0) csync2c=ctwk*csync2c
+    if(i3.ge.0 .and. i3+NDOWNSPS-1.le.NP2-1) z3=sum(cd0(i3:i3+NDOWNSPS-1)*conjg(csync2c))
 
     sync = sync + p(z1) + p(z2) + p(z3)
 
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