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The flared slot is a simply constructed antenna designed to be flush-mounted in a horizontal surface. Its pattern is a moderately directive pencil beam over a 4:1 frequency band, and its impedance bandwidth is essentially that of a coaxial line-to-ridged waveguide transition. Both vertically and horizontally polarized models are discussed.
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Eberle et al. (1960) studied this question.
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