Method for measuring the propagation time of a transmission signal through at least one first transmission path of a measuring system, which is based on feedback compensation, between at least one first transmitter and at least one receiver, comprising the following steps: - transmitting the at least one transmission signal from the at least one first transmitter into the at least one first transmission path with at least one first propagation time to the at least one receiver; - transmitting at least one further signal as compensation signal from a second transmitter into a second transmission path; - wherein the transmission properties of the second transmission path from the second transmitter to the receiver are known; - receiving the transmission signals and compensation signals which are superimposed at least at the receiver by means of the at least one receiver; - forming a receiver output signal from the superimposed signals (6, 19); characterised by the steps - generating a pulse signal having pulses with a pulse spacing, wherein the pulse spacing is at least twice the maximum propagation time of the transmission signal to be recorded and the pulse duration of the pulse is at most one quarter of the pulse spacing; - generating the at least one transmission signal using the generated pulses of the pulse signal; - generating at least one first gate signal from the pulse signal; - multiplying the gate signal by the receiver output signal for generating an intermediate signal, which is used as a control signal for the second transmitter; - wherein the compensation signal is delayed in a controllable manner or changed in its phase angle with respect to the transmission signal of the first transmitter; - wherein the compensation signal is shaped and the amplitude thereof is adjusted such that the compensation signal forms a constant signal at the at least one receiver during summation with the transmission signal of the first transmitter, and - wherein at least one propagation time or change in propagation time of the at least one transmission signal, pulsed by the pulses, from the first transmitter to the at least one receiver is recorded at the at least one receiver. - transmitting the at least one transmission signal from the at least one first transmitter into the at least one first transmission path with at least one first propagation time to the at least one receiver; - transmitting at least one further signal as compensation signal from a second transmitter into a second transmission path; - wherein the transmission properties of the second transmission path from the second transmitter to the receiver are known; - receiving the transmission signals and compensation signals which are superimposed at least at the receiver by means of the at least one receiver; - forming a receiver output signal from the superimposed signals (6, 19); - generating a pulse signal having pulses with a pulse spacing, wherein the pulse spacing is at least twice the maximum propagation time of the transmission signal to be recorded and the pulse duration of the pulse is at most one quarter of the pulse spacing; - generating the at least one transmission signal using the generated pulses of the pulse signal; - generating at least one first gate signal from the pulse signal; - multiplying the gate signal by the receiver output signal for generating an intermediate signal, which is used as a control signal for the second transmitter; - wherein the compensation signal is delayed in a controllable manner or changed in its phase angle with respect to the transmission signal of the first transmitter; - wherein the compensation signal is shaped and the amplitude thereof is adjusted such that the compensation signal forms a constant signal at the at least one receiver during summation with the transmission signal of the first transmitter, and - wherein at least one propagation time or change in propagation time of the at least one transmission signal, pulsed by the pulses, from the first transmitter to the at least one receiver is recorded at the at least one receiver.