diff --git a/cw/cw_main.c b/cw/cw_main.c
index ae894667..057b577a 100644
--- a/cw/cw_main.c
+++ b/cw/cw_main.c
@@ -89,38 +89,9 @@ int main(void)
     int channel; // AO-7 telemetry format has 6 channels, 4 sub channels in each
     int msg_length;
 
-    FILE* file = popen("mpcmd show data 2>&1", "r");
-    char cmdbuffer[1000];
-    fgets(cmdbuffer, 1000, file);
-    pclose(file);
-    printf("buffer is :%s\n", cmdbuffer);
-  
-    char mopower[64][14];
-
-   
-  char * data;
-  int i = 0;
-  data = strtok (cmdbuffer," ");
-  while (data != NULL)
-  {
-    strcpy(mopower[i], data);
-    printf ("mopwer[%d]=%s\n",i,mopower[i]);
-    data = strtok (NULL, " ");
-    i++;
-  }
-    printf("Battery voltage = %s ADC5 = %s ADC6 = %s ADC7 = %s ADC8 %s \n", 
-	   	mopower[VBATT],mopower[ADC5],mopower[ADC6],mopower[ADC7],mopower[ADC8]);
-    float vbat;
-    //char s[100] ="7.0800" ;
-    vbat = strtof(mopower[VBATT], NULL);
-    printf(" vbat: %f \n", vbat);
-    int tlm_3a = (int)((vbat * 10) - 65.5);
-	
-    printf("TLM 3A = %d \n", tlm_3a);
-
     while(1) {  // loop forever
-
-	for (channel = 0; channel < 7; channel++) {
+	
+        for (channel = 0; channel < 7; channel++) {
 
         if (channel == 0) {  // start with telemetry header "hi hi" plus a few chars to help CW decoding software sync
             msg_length = encode_header(&packet[0], MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH + 1);
@@ -128,6 +99,35 @@ int main(void)
             printf("\nINFO: Sending TLM header\n");
 
         } else {
+    
+      FILE* file = popen("mpcmd show data 2>&1", "r");
+    
+      char cmdbuffer[1000];
+      fgets(cmdbuffer, 1000, file);
+      pclose(file);
+      printf("buffer is :%s\n", cmdbuffer);
+  
+      char mopower[64][14];
+
+      char * data;
+      int i = 0;
+      data = strtok (cmdbuffer," ");
+      while (data != NULL)
+      {
+        strcpy(mopower[i], data);
+        printf ("mopwer[%d]=%s\n",i,mopower[i]);
+        data = strtok (NULL, " ");
+        i++;
+      }
+        printf("Battery voltage = %s ADC5 = %s ADC6 = %s ADC7 = %s ADC8 %s \n", 
+	  mopower[VBATT],mopower[ADC5],mopower[ADC6],mopower[ADC7],mopower[ADC8]);
+        float vbat;
+        vbat = strtof(mopower[VBATT], NULL);
+        printf(" vbat: %f \n", vbat);
+        int tlm_3a = (int)((vbat * 10) - 65.5);
+    	
+        printf("TLM 3A = %d \n", tlm_3a);
+    
             msg_length = encode_tlm(&packet[0], channel, // add a channel with dummy data to buffer
 		 tlm_3a, channel+1, channel+2, channel+3,
 			 (MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH + 1));