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In this letter, we study space-time (ST) block coding for single carrier ze
ro-padded (ZP) block transmissions through finite impulse response (FER) mu
ltipath fading channels of order L. We prove that maximum diversity of orde
r 2 (L + 1) is achieved with two transmit and one receive antennae. Simulat
ions demonstrate that joint exploitation of multi-antenna diversity and mul
tipath diversity leads to significantly enhanced performance.