Frequency hopping spread spectrum system with high sensitivity tracking and synchronization for frequency unstable signals

A wireless communication system expanded spectrum (14) for transmitting data, comprising: a plurality of transmitters (40) endpoint configured to transmit data through a signal (20) extended frequency hopping spectrum, being the transmission signal sent without the benefit of frequency stabilization; and at least one receiver (42) responsible for spectrum signals extended frequency hopping, including each receiving a correlator configured to sample at least a first portion of a preamble signal and correlate the preamble portion with a pattern of preamble known to determine a probability of correlation, characterized by a FFT machine (52) configured to apply an algorithm to the signal in response to the probability of correlation to track or trace a narrowband frequency of the signal based on at least a second part the preamble and to decode data encoded within the signal following the preamble; wherein the FFT machine is configured to operate on sampled data to produce multiple bins, each bin corresponding to a different narrowband frequency within the signal; and wherein the correlator is configured to correlate thirty four forty bits in the preamble (32), so that the last six bits are used to find the target channel container.