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Multimode horn antenna

TLDR
In this article, a conical or pyramidal horn-radiator having small flare angle changes within the horn at cross-section dimensions much larger than the input waveguide is used to excite higher order modes which control the E-plane aperture distribution and produce a tapered aperture field in the Eplane.
Abstract
A conical or pyramidal horn-radiator having small flare angle changes within the horn at cross-section dimensions much larger than the input waveguide, to excite higher order modes which control the E-plane aperture distribution and produce a tapered aperture field in the E-plane. Equal E- and H-plane beamwidths are thereby obtained. The horn has particular use as a feed for a parabolic reflector, such as a Cassegrain antenna. The flare angle changes are used for pattern improvement in a first frequency band, and separate means are provided for pattern improvement in a second band.

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TL;DR: In this article, a phase-overmoded, tapered waveguide transition has a central section which is tapered linearly in the longitudinal direction and two end sections which are tapered curvilinearly in a longitudinal direction.
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Dual mode antenna

John S Cook
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TL;DR: A circular rod having tapered ends is coaxially mounted within a conical horn antenna as mentioned in this paper, which transforms smoothly over the length of the rod into the hybrid HE*11 mode.