diff --git a/commons.h b/commons.h
index fea9ed4ef..4b8d7672d 100644
--- a/commons.h
+++ b/commons.h
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ extern struct dec_data {
     int nsubmode;
     bool nagain;
     int ndepth;
+    bool lapon;
+    int napwid;
     int ntxmode;
     int nmode;
     int minw;
diff --git a/lib/decoder.f90 b/lib/decoder.f90
index a9dd619c6..e2692d459 100644
--- a/lib/decoder.f90
+++ b/lib/decoder.f90
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ subroutine multimode_decoder(ss,id2,params,nfsample)
      call my_ft8%decode(ft8_decoded,id2,params%nfqso,                   &
           newdat,params%nutc,params%nfa,      &
           params%nfb,logical(params%nagain),     &
-          params%ndepth,params%nsubmode,      &
+          params%ndepth,logical(params%lapon),params%napwid,params%nsubmode,      &
           params%mycall,params%hiscall,params%hisgrid)
      call timer('decft8  ',1)
      go to 800
diff --git a/lib/fsk4hf/ft8b.f90 b/lib/fsk4hf/ft8b.f90
index ea9ba0b82..b754a5372 100644
--- a/lib/fsk4hf/ft8b.f90
+++ b/lib/fsk4hf/ft8b.f90
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-subroutine ft8b(dd0,newdat,nfqso,ndepth,lsubtract,iaptype,icand,sync0,f1,xdt,   &
-     apsym,nharderrors,dmin,nbadcrc,iap,ipass,iera,message,xsnr)
+subroutine ft8b(dd0,newdat,nfqso,ndepth,lapon,napwid,lsubtract,iaptype,icand, &
+     sync0,f1,xdt,apsym,nharderrors,dmin,nbadcrc,iap,ipass,iera,message,xsnr)  
 
   use timer_module, only: timer
   include 'ft8_params.f90'
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ subroutine ft8b(dd0,newdat,nfqso,ndepth,lsubtract,iaptype,icand,sync0,f1,xdt,
   complex cd0(3200)
   complex ctwk(32)
   complex csymb(32)
-  logical newdat,lsubtract
+  logical newdat,lsubtract,lapon
   data rr73/-1,1,1,1,1,1,1,-1,1,1,-1/
   data cq/1,1,1,1,1,-1,1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,1,1,-1,-1,-1,1,1,-1,-1,1/
+
   max_iterations=30
-  norder=2
   nharderrors=-1
   fs2=12000.0/NDOWN
   dt2=1.0/fs2
@@ -153,8 +153,10 @@ subroutine ft8b(dd0,newdat,nfqso,ndepth,lsubtract,iaptype,icand,sync0,f1,xdt,
   llr0=2.0*rxdata/(ss*ss)
   llra=2.0*rxdatap/(ss*ss)  ! llr's for use with ap
   apmag=4.0
+! If DxCall exists, only do "MyCall DxCall ???" for candidates within nfqso +/- napwid
   nap=0
-  if(ndepth.eq.3) nap=2  
+  if(lapon.and.(ndepth.eq.3).and.(iaptype.eq.1 .or. (iaptype.eq.2.and.abs(nfqso-f1).le.napwid))) nap=2  
+  if(lapon.and.(ndepth.eq.3).and.iaptype.eq.2.and.abs(nfqso-f1).gt.napwid) nap=1 
 
   do iap=0,nap                            !### Temporary ###
      nera=1
@@ -235,12 +237,8 @@ subroutine ft8b(dd0,newdat,nfqso,ndepth,lsubtract,iaptype,icand,sync0,f1,xdt,
         call timer('bpd174  ',1)
         dmin=0.0
         if(ndepth.eq.3 .and. nharderrors.lt.0) then
-           if(iaptype.eq.1) norder=2
-           if(iaptype.eq.2 .and. abs(nfqso-f1).lt.10.0) then
-             norder=3
-           else
-             norder=1
-           endif
+           norder=1
+           if(abs(nfqso-f1).le.napwid) norder=2   !Decode using norder=2 within napwid of nfqso. 
            call timer('osd174  ',0)
            call osd174(llrap,apmask,norder,decoded,cw,nharderrors,dmin)
            call timer('osd174  ',1)
diff --git a/lib/ft8_decode.f90 b/lib/ft8_decode.f90
index 0705824ba..dc8b0f95a 100644
--- a/lib/ft8_decode.f90
+++ b/lib/ft8_decode.f90
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ module ft8_decode
 contains
 
   subroutine decode(this,callback,iwave,nfqso,newdat,nutc,nfa,    &
-       nfb,nagain,ndepth,nsubmode,mycall12,hiscall12,hisgrid6)
+       nfb,nagain,ndepth,lapon,napwid,nsubmode,mycall12,hiscall12,hisgrid6)
 !    use wavhdr
     use timer_module, only: timer
     include 'fsk4hf/ft8_params.f90'
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ contains
     real s(NH1,NHSYM)
     real candidate(3,200)
     real dd(15*12000)
-    logical, intent(in) :: nagain
+    logical, intent(in) :: nagain,lapon
     logical newdat,lsubtract,ldupe
     character*12 mycall12, hiscall12
     character*6 hisgrid6
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ contains
         xdt=candidate(2,icand)
         nsnr0=min(99,nint(10.0*log10(sync) - 25.5))    !### empirical ###
         call timer('ft8b    ',0)
-        call ft8b(dd,newdat,nfqso,ndepth,lsubtract,iaptype,icand,sync,f1,   &
+        call ft8b(dd,newdat,nfqso,ndepth,lapon,napwid,lsubtract,iaptype,icand,sync,f1,   &
              xdt,apsym,nharderrors,dmin,nbadcrc,iap,ipass,iera,message,xsnr)
         nsnr=nint(xsnr) 
         xdt=xdt-0.5
diff --git a/lib/jt9.f90 b/lib/jt9.f90
index 40d68619a..469a07a1e 100644
--- a/lib/jt9.f90
+++ b/lib/jt9.f90
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ program jt9
      shared_data%params%kin=64800
      shared_data%params%nzhsym=181
      shared_data%params%ndepth=ndepth
+     shared_data%params%lapon=.true.
+     shared_data%params%napwid=75
      shared_data%params%dttol=3.
 
 !     shared_data%params%minsync=0       !### TEST ONLY
diff --git a/lib/jt9com.f90 b/lib/jt9com.f90
index 94ea719b0..23ec1e643 100644
--- a/lib/jt9com.f90
+++ b/lib/jt9com.f90
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
      integer(c_int) :: nsubmode
      logical(c_bool) :: nagain
      integer(c_int) :: ndepth
+     logical(c_bool) :: lapon 
+     integer(c_int) :: napwid
      integer(c_int) :: ntxmode
      integer(c_int) :: nmode
      integer(c_int) :: minw
diff --git a/mainwindow.cpp b/mainwindow.cpp
index 72a01aa74..f7f50b933 100644
--- a/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -2468,6 +2468,8 @@ void MainWindow::decode()                                       //decode()
     dec_data.params.ntxmode=4;
   }
   if(m_mode=="FT8") dec_data.params.nmode=8;
+  if(m_mode=="FT8") dec_data.params.lapon=true;
+  if(m_mode=="FT8") dec_data.params.napwid=50;
   dec_data.params.ntrperiod=m_TRperiod;
   dec_data.params.nsubmode=m_nSubMode;
   if(m_mode=="QRA64") dec_data.params.nsubmode=100 + m_nSubMode;