A method of exciting surface wave antennas is described. A surface wave antenna is basically an aperture in a conducting surface which is excited so that the distribution of field in the aperture consists of a traveling wave. The antenna is excited by coupling it along its direction of propagation to an adjacent waveguide through a long slot or series of holes. The adjacent waveguide carries a traveling wave having the same propagation velocity as the desired mode in the antenna.
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