Abstract: A receiver for processing signals transmitted through a dispersive medium which receiver provides received signals at a plurality of diversity channels and uses adaptive equalizer circuitry for providing an adaptive weighted equalizer output signal. An error signal is derived at an error circuit in response to the equalizer output signal and to a reference signal, the error signal being correlated at a correlator with the adaptive weighting signals at each weighting section of the adaptive equalizer circuitry to generate weighting factors for use in such weighting sections. Scale factor circuitry responds to a signal having an amplitude which is a reliable estimate of the amplitude of the adaptive equalizer output signal and to the reference signal to provide a scale factor by which the reference signal is multiplied at a multiplier prior to its use in deriving the error signal.