The invention relates to a method for recovering a bit stream from a radio signal (2, 3, 4) received in a first receiving station (S1) and at least one further receiving station (S2, S3), the method comprising the steps of: in each of the receiving stations (S1 to S3), demodulating the received radio signal (2, 3, 4) to form a demodulated data stream (B, B′, B″), transferring the at least one demodulated data stream (B′, B″) from the at least one further receiving station (S2, S3) to the first receiving station (S1), in the first receiving station (S1), generating a combined data stream from the demodulated data streams (B, B′, B″) of each of the receiving stations (S1 to S3), and performing a hard decision on the combined data stream for recovering the bit stream.