The work describes the method to improve the quality of receiving and processing the multichannel coherent HF signal at the expense of optimum weighing its readings under "maximum target total capacity" criterion. This method is mathematically well-founded. Meanwhile, weight factors are calculated taking into account additional parameters of an accepted signal. The structural scheme illustrated functional blocks of processing the accepted multichannel HF signal is presented. Numerical experiments by means of test signals proved the efficiency of the offered method described in this article.

Key words: reception, processing, HF signal, criterion, capacity, noise-to-signal ratio.