Hi Bud. Thank you for taking the time to DL the program and giving it a whirl. The program accepts audio either directly from your SDR or from a recorded audio file (like what you did) and it decodes the digital data displaying it in a text format. That digital data is what can be heard if you tune to 162 kHz at night.
The digital data from ALS162 serves the same purpose as our WWVB digital data. It is used to automatically set clocks and to serve as a frequency/time standard. This basic program merely shows you in text form what that data actually was. I guess you can use it to manually set your clocks in the house/pc if you were decoding off the air in real time. They send the year, month, day, hour, seconds, any daylight savings info, etc, etc.
Not a very useful program, more of a fun thing for me to do as we flood here in Indiana as we get hammered by more and more rain and lightning.
I have modified the program to now automatically check to see if the digital data being input is from the French station (ALS162) or from DCF77 (77.5 kHz) which is the same service but from Germany. They use different forms of digital data but the end result is the same. 73 Gedas W8BYA
I downloaded and ran the program with the included audio file and it seems to work well. But I am unsure what it is telling me in the decode area and what is the outcome? Any background information on the beacon would be appreciated, and then I may be able to understand this better.
Still, your work is very impressive! Bravo!
Bud - KI5OMM