Fading signals in the MF band

Techniques needed to properly determine the degree of interference from one or more distant broadcasting stations are discussed. Computer algorithms are developed which determine the actual overall fading distribution of one or a combination of two fading signals, when the short-term fading of each is represented by a Rayleigh distribution and the long-term fading of median values is given by a log-normal distribution. Also, a simple approximate means of determining the distribution of the median value of a signal given by the sum of any number of fading signals is given. This approximate method is accurate only for the smaller percentage points. It is found that the techniques described here lead to somewhat higher values for the sum of the signals than previous methods.