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It is shown that the radiation patterns of a circular waveguide with a corrugated flange can be broadened by using small E-plane slots. These slots tend to improve the amplitude patterns of the feed, but introduce some phase variations in the axial radiation.
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L. Shafai (1977) studied this question.
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