parallel when a back side ground plane 15 is used the ground plane 15 upper edge is aligned with the bottom end 18 of the tab 10 as was the case for the ground plane 14 in general the width of the bottom end 18 of tab 10 is chosen to be the same as the width of the center conductor 12a of the feeding transmission line 12 to minimize parasitic interactions at the transmission line 12 to tab 10 boundary details of the construction of the transmission line 12 are not provided here since one skilled in the art would be acquainted with these details and since they have no significant impact on the particulars of the tab monopole of the present invention the extent or width of the ground plane 14 is likewise of little practical concern and can range from a wavelength to many wavelength additionally a ground plane in the x y plane perpendicular to the z oriented tab 10 can be used instead of the horizontal y z plane oriented ground plane depicted in the fig1 4 the tab monopole of the present invention can be manufactured by other than printed circuit methods fig4 illustrates a tab monopole 31 having a tab 30 that is unsupported by a dielectric substrate this embodiment can utilize a coax cable as the feeding transmission line 32 the center conductor 32a of the coax transmission line 32 can form the bottom end 38 of the tab monopole 31 with a metal sheet forming the tab 30 in such an embodiment bottom end 38 of tab monopole 31 is the point.