Method for radio measuring applications, wherein - at least two radio nodes are provided, - at least one first radio node operates as an initiator and at least one second radio node operates as a transponder, - in a first step an initial signal is transmitted by the initiator at a first carrier frequency and the initial signal is received by the transponder during a first receiving time period, - in a second step a response signal is transmitted by the transponder at a second carrier frequency and the response signal is received by the initiator during a second receiving time period, and - the first step and the second step form a step sequence, - at least one step sequence is executed during a measuring cycle, wherein - initially the first steps of all step sequences and thereafter the second steps of at least a part of the step sequences are respectively executed in succession, - the first carrier frequency of the initial signal for each repetition of the step sequence adopts a predetermined value within a predetermined frequency range and - the initial signals and the response signals of all step sequences are coherent with respect to one another at least during the measuring cycle, characterised in that - each radio node respectively comprises an individual time transmitter and a data interface, - a respective offset in time is present between the time transmitters of the radio nodes and - the method operates either in a first mode or in a second mode, wherein - in the first mode the response signal is formed at least from a part of the received initial signal and a transfer function and/or the offset in time is determined on the basis of at least a part of the received response signals, wherein - in the first mode either a first complex signal vector is determined from the initial signal and the response signal is formed from the first complex signal vector or the reciprocal first complex signal vector or the conjugated complex first complex signal vector, or - a first phase is determined from the received initial signal and the response signal is formed from the first phase or from the inverted first phase and - in the second mode the response signal is formed independently of the received initial signal, a received signal vector is determined at least with respect to a received initial signal and is communicated by means of the data interface and at least one transfer function and/or the time offsets is or are determined on the basis of at least a part of the received response signals and at least a part of the communicated reception vector. - at least two radio nodes are provided, - at least one first radio node operates as an initiator and at least one second radio node operates as a transponder, - in a first step an initial signal is transmitted by the initiator at a first carrier frequency and the initial signal is received by the transponder during a first receiving time period, - in a second step a response signal is transmitted by the transponder at a second carrier frequency and the response signal is received by the initiator during a second receiving time period, and - the first step and the second step form a step sequence, - at least one step sequence is executed during a measuring cycle, wherein - initially the first steps of all step sequences and thereafter the second steps of at least a part of the step sequences are respectively executed in succession, - the first carrier frequency of the initial signal for each repetition of the step sequence adopts a predetermined value within a predetermined frequency range and - the initial signals and the response signals of all step sequences are coherent with respect to one another at least during the measuring cycle, - each radio node respectively comprises an individual time transmitter and a data interface, - a respective offset in time is present between the time transmitters of the radio nodes and - the method operates either in a first mode or in a second mode, wherein - in the first mode the response signal is formed at least from a part of the received initial signal and a transfer function and/or the offset in time is determined on the basis of at least a part of the received response signals, wherein - in the first mode either a first complex signal vector is determined from the initial signal and the response signal is formed from the first complex signal vector or the reciprocal first complex signal vector or the conjugated complex first complex signal vector, or - a first phase is determined from the received initial signal and the response signal is formed from the first phase or from the inverted first phase and - in the second mode the response signal is formed independently of the received initial signal, a received signal vector is determined at least with respect to a received initial signal and is communicated by means of the data interface and at least one transfer function and/or the time offsets is or are determined on the basis of at least a part of the received response signals and at least a part of the communicated reception vector.