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Daryl, I have a tarfile which you can download from: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/gempak/distribution/gdradr_update.tar.Z Download this tar file to your $NAWIPS directory and unpack with: zcat gdradr_update.tar.Z | tar xvf - This tarfile includes updates to the IMGDEF.CMN include file, thhe nids header reading routine in $GEMPAK/source/gemlib/im, and the update in $NAWIPS/unidata/programs/gdradr to add the parameter "RADMODE". For just rebuilding gdradr, you can probably avoid a full rebuild by doing the following from the csh: cd $GEMPAK/source/gemlib/im make clean set FILES=`ls im*.f` foreach FILE ($FILES) set ROOT=$FILE:r ar dv $GEMLIB/gemlib.a $ROOT.o end make all make clean Then: cd $NAWIPS/unidata/programs/gdradr make clean make all make install make clean That will rebuild the gemlib.a im_ routines and the gdradr program, as well as install the necessary pdf/prm/err updates. The common block size in IMGDEF.CMN is changed, so you should not attempt to relink any other programs against the gemlib.a without a complete rebuild. To rebuild your distribution: cd $NAWIPS make distclean make all make install make clean To use the RADMODE parameter, if left blank, the default is the same as RADMODE = PCM which allows all three modes (precip, clear air and maintenance) and would give the the same behavior as currently exists. To use precip mode only radars, RADMODE = P. This change will be included in my next repackaging of the distribution tar file. Steve Chiswell Unidata User Support