Abstract: A radiating element having a continuous aperture substantially greater than one-half the center frequency wavelength for use in an electronically scanned phased array antenna operating in the range of 94 GHz. The new radiating element comprises a ferrite block having a radiating aperture which measures 5.lambda. by 5.lambda. in contrast to the conventional discrete radiating element which measures one-half .lambda. by one-half .lambda.. Thus, where a phased array antenna comprised of an array of the new radiating elements would require only a single radiating element to fill an aperture measuring 5.lambda. by 5.lambda., a phased array antenna of conventional design would require one hundred discrete radiating elements to fill the same aperture. A tapered magnetization is applied to the continuous aperture ferrite block. Thus electromagnetic energy traveling through the block and exiting the radiating surface is phase shifted, with respect to the energy entering the block, in a similar tapered fashion.