Algebraic approaches to the decoding of the quadratic residue (QR) cod
es were studied recently [1-3]. In Reference 1 a decoding algorithm wa
s given for the (41, 21, 9) binary QR code. Here, some new more genera
l properties are found for the syndromes of the subclass of binary QR
codes of length n = 8m + 1. Using these properties, the new theorems n
eeded to decode this subclass of the QR codes are obtained and proved.
As an example of the application of these theorems, a new algebraic d
ecoding algorithm for the (73, 37, 13) binary QR code is presented.