A B S T R A C TWe have developed the effective algorithm for detecting digital binary phase-shift keyed signals. T his algorithm requires a small number of arithmetic operations over the signal period. It can be relatively easy implemented based on the modern programmable logic devices. It also provides h igh interference immunity by identifying signal presence when signal-to-noise ratio is much less that its working value in the receiving path. The introduced detector has intrinsic frequency selectivity and allows us to form the estimate of the noise level to realize the adaptive determination of decision threshold. In order to get confirmation of the detector operability and performance, we suggest the expressions for false alarm and missing probabilities. In addition, we have examine, both theoretically and experimentally, the influence of the detector parameters on its characteristics.