diff --git a/amodem/equalizer.py b/amodem/equalizer.py
index eb66684..72ee21c 100644
--- a/amodem/equalizer.py
+++ b/amodem/equalizer.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def demodulator(signal, size):
     return np.array(list(itertools.islice(symbols, size)))
 
 
-def equalize(signal, symbols, order, lookahead=0):
+def equalize_symbols(signal, symbols, order, lookahead=0):
     Nsym = config.Nsym
     Nfreq = config.Nfreq
     carriers = modem.carriers
@@ -50,14 +50,12 @@ def equalize(signal, symbols, order, lookahead=0):
     A = []
     b = []
 
-    index = 0
     for j in range(Nfreq):
         for i in range(length):
             offset = (i+1)*Nsym
             row = y[offset-order:offset+lookahead, j]
             A.append(row)
             b.append(symbols[i, j])
-            index += 1
 
     A = np.array(A)
     b = np.array(b)
@@ -65,3 +63,23 @@ def equalize(signal, symbols, order, lookahead=0):
     h = h[::-1].real
 
     return h
+
+
+def equalize_signal(signal, expected, order, lookahead=0):
+    signal = np.concatenate([np.zeros(order-1), signal, np.zeros(lookahead)])
+    length = len(expected)
+
+    A = []
+    b = []
+
+    for i in range(length - order):
+        offset = order + i
+        row = signal[offset-order:offset+lookahead]
+        A.append(np.array(row, ndmin=2))
+        b.append(expected[i])
+
+    A = np.concatenate(A, axis=0)
+    b = np.array(b)
+    h, residuals, rank, sv = lstsq(A, b)
+    h = h[::-1].real
+    return h
diff --git a/amodem/recv.py b/amodem/recv.py
index e9caabc..a94343d 100644
--- a/amodem/recv.py
+++ b/amodem/recv.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class Receiver(object):
 
         signal = sampler.take(signal_length + lookahead)
 
-        coeffs = equalizer.equalize(
+        coeffs = equalizer.equalize_symbols(
             signal=signal[prefix:-postfix],
             symbols=train_symbols,
             order=order, lookahead=lookahead
diff --git a/tests/test_equalizer.py b/tests/test_equalizer.py
index b26fb1f..713263f 100644
--- a/tests/test_equalizer.py
+++ b/tests/test_equalizer.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from numpy.linalg import norm
+from numpy.random import RandomState
 import numpy as np
 
 from amodem import dsp
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ def test_modem():
     assert_approx(sent, received)
 
 
-def test_isi():
+def test_symbols():
     length = 100
     gain = float(config.Nfreq)
 
@@ -54,10 +55,31 @@ def test_isi():
     y = dsp.lfilter(x=x, b=num, a=den)
 
     lookahead = 2
-    h = equalizer.equalize(y, symbols, order=len(den), lookahead=lookahead)
+    h = equalizer.equalize_symbols(
+        signal=y, symbols=symbols, order=len(den), lookahead=lookahead
+    )
     assert norm(h[:lookahead]) < 1e-12
     assert_approx(h[lookahead:], den / num)
 
     y = dsp.lfilter(x=y, b=h[lookahead:], a=[1])
     z = equalizer.demodulator(y, size=length)
     assert_approx(z, symbols)
+
+
+def test_signal():
+    length = 100
+    x = np.sign(RandomState(0).normal(size=length))
+    den = np.array([1, -0.6, 0.1])
+    num = np.array([0.5])
+    y = dsp.lfilter(x=x, b=num, a=den)
+
+    lookahead = 2
+    h = equalizer.equalize_signal(
+        signal=y, expected=x, order=len(den), lookahead=lookahead)
+    assert norm(h[:lookahead]) < 1e-12
+
+    h = h[lookahead:]
+    assert_approx(h, den / num)
+
+    x_ = dsp.lfilter(x=y, b=h, a=[1])
+    assert_approx(x_, x)