Channel Sounding Measurements at 59.5 MHz Across the Australian Capital Territory

Channel sounding is an important step in the development of any wireless communication system in order to determine small-scale fading effects. We present measurements taken with a direct sequence spread spectrum sliding correlator on TV band I (centre frequency: 59.5 MHz) at 15 locations across the Australian Capital Territory and surrounding regions. The measurements were made over various types of terrain at distances ranging from approximately 1-50 km. The RMS delay spread was calculated from the channel impulse response and found to be between 0.24 - 4.88 mus