The AR6A Single-Sideband Microwave Radio System: Equalization for Multipath Fading

Equalization for Multipath Fading By N. O. BURGESS/ R. C. MacLEAN,* G. J. MANDEVILLE,* D. I. McLEAN,* M. E. SANDS,* and R. P. SNICER* (Manuscript received February 25, 1983) Multipath fading can introduce severe amplitude distortion and level changes in a radio channel. These must be dynamically equalized to meet the toll transmission requirements of AR6A. This article describes equalizer circuitry at intermediate frequencies, which continuously senses the level as a function of frequency in the transmission band and dynamically corrects the effects of multipath fading.