Multipath Fading Model for Terrestrial Microwave Radio

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Terrestrial microwave radio performance is degraded by atmospheric multipath fading and multipath fading due to ground reflections. Propagation measurements have been made on a hop from Sparr to Gainesville, FL using multiple antennas aligned at different elevation angles. In this paper we present simulation results using a two ray model in which we match these experimental dispersive fading statistics.