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WSPRD(1)			  WSPRD Manual				WSPRD(1)

NAME
     wsprd  -  is  a  decoder for K1JT's Weak Signal Propagation Reporter (WSPR)
     mode.

SYNOPSIS
     wsprd [OPTIONS] [FILE]

DESCRIPTION
     wsprd - The program is written in C and  is  a  command-line  program  that
     reads  from a .c2 FILE or .wav FILE and writes output to the console. It is
     used by WSJT-X for wspr-mode decoding.

OPTIONS
     -a <path>
	 Path to writeable data files, default="."

     -c <file>
	 Write .c2 file at the end of the first pass

     -e x
	 x is transceiver dial frequency error in Hz

     -f x
	 x is transceiver dial frequency in MHz

     -H
	 do not use, or update the hash table

     -m
	 decode wspr-15 .wav file

     -q
	 quick mode - does not dig deep for weak signals

     -s
	 single pass mode, no subtraction (same as original wsprd)

     -v
	 verbose mode, shows duplicate decodings

     -w
	 wideband mode - decode signals within +/- 150 Hz of center

     -z x
	 x is fano metric table bias, default is 0.42

     The FILE can be either .wav or .c2, for example:

	 ./wsprd -wf 14.0956 140709_2258.wav

     NOTE for .c2 files, the frequency within the  file  overrides  the  command
     line value.

FEATURES
     *	 By  default,  wsprd  reports  signals that are within +/- 110 Hz of the
	 subband center frequency. The wideband option (-w) extends this to  +/-
	 150 Hz.

     *	 wsprd	maintains  a  hashtable  and will decode all three types of wspr
	 messages. An option (-H) is available to turn off use of the hashtable.

     *	 The symbols are decoded using Phil Karn's sequential  decoder	routine,
	 fano.c

NOTES
       1. This program attempts to maximize the number of successful decodes per
	 transmit interval by trying to decode virtually every peak in the aver-
	 aged spectrum. The program also implements two-pass  decoding,  whereby
	 signals  that are successfully decoded are subtracted one-by-one during
	 the first decoding pass. Then, the decoder is run again. In many  cases
	 the  subtraction process will uncover signals that can then be success-
	 fully decoded on the second pass.

      2. There will be occasional duplicate  decodes  when  two  closely  spaced
	 peaks	come  from  the  same signal. The program removes dupes based on
	 callsign and frequency. Two decodes that have the same callsign and es-
	 timated frequencies that are within 1 Hz will be treated as decodes  of
	 the same signal. This dupechecking is turned off with the -v flag.

AUTHORS
     Joe Taylor, K1JT and Steven Franks, K9AN

COPYING
     WSPRD  is	Copyright  (C)	2015  by Joseph H. Taylor, Jr., K1JT, and Steven
     Franke, K9AN, with contributions from additional  authors.  WSPRD	is  Open
     Source software, licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPLv3).

     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
     ANY  WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FIT-
     NESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for  more
     details.

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