be phased so as to shorten or lengthen the antenna element in a second embodiment the rollers are independently positionable to shorten or lengthen the antenna element application_number US 46874906 A description the present invention is a method of manufacturing wireless communication devices such as those used in co pending commonly assigned u s patent application ser nos 09 678 271 and 09 678 630 entitled u201c wireless communication device and method u201d and u201c multi band wireless communication device and method u201d respectively both of which were filed on oct 3 2000 and are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties in particular the present invention allows variations in the size of the tabs used for antenna elements in the wireless communication devices some wireless communications devices have both transmit and receive capability and can be used in the present invention a typical example of such a device is described in u s pat no 5 585 953 entitled u201c ir rf radio transceiver and method u201d incorporated herein by reference in its entirety other wireless communication devices have receive capability and use the energy received to communicate back such as described in u s pat no 6 078 259 entitled u201c radio frequency identification tag u201d incorporated herein by reference in its entirety such passive devices may likewise be used with the present invention the wireless communication device in the present invention can be any type of device that allows reception of wireless electronic communications and is able to communicate in response thereto both types of wireless communication devices are sometimes referred to herein and in the art as transponders the terms.