The non‐reciprocal phase shifter in the design of the waveguide differential phase‐shift circulator consists of two or four suitably magnetised ferrite tiles on the top and bottom walls of the waveguide. It may be adjusted in terms of a reciprocal condition and a non‐reciprocal one. The first condition essentially fixes the geometry of a typical phase‐shift section except for the thickness of each ferrite tile; the second determines the connection between the split‐phase constants and the thickness of the tiles for parametric values of gyrotropy. The purpose here is to satisfy the first requirement of the two‐tile geometry using a calculation and to meet the second one by having recourse to measurements. It includes some preliminary experimental data on new four‐ and eight‐stacked ferrite tile structures. It is likely to prove of value in the design of large continuous wave power devices.