A receiver for receiving a digital signal of a radio wave etc. modulated by the OFDM scheme, provided with a first reception unit having a first antenna set comprising a plurality of directional antennas, a first switching/combining unit for outputting a signal received at one directional antenna of said first antenna set or a combined signal of signals received by at least two directional antennas in the first antenna set; a second reception unit having a second antenna set comprising a plurality of directional antennas, a second switching/combining unit for outputting a signal received at one directional antenna of the second antenna set or a combined signal of signals received by at least two directional antennas in the second antenna set; and a switching/combining control unit for controlling the switching/combining operation of the reception signals of the first switching/combining unit and/or the second switching/combining unit based on the states of reception in the first reception unit and the second reception unit.