casting or molding elements 14 in the desired shapes from a castable or moldable material or providing elements 14 made from a resiliently flexible material and holding elements 14 in a flexed configuration fig2 f shows a top view of an antenna 10 f wherein ground elements 14 are made from a resiliently flexible material and are held in a curved configuration by non conductive strings 16 in the embodiment of fig2 f the curve of ground elements 14 is determined by the length of strings 16 and the bending characteristics of ground elements 14 fig2 g shows a top view of an antenna 10 g wherein ground elements 14 are made from a flexible material and are shaped by forms 17 forms 17 may contact ground elements 14 only at a few points to minimize the amount of dielectric material near ground elements 14 as shown in fig3 antenna 10 may be driven by a signal supplied through a coaxial cable 19 antenna 10 may incorporate a coaxial cable connector 20 having a center conductor 22 active element 12 may be affixed directly to center conductor 22 ground elements 14 may be attached to the ground conductor 23 of cable connector 20 in alternative embodiments of the invention active element 12 and ground elements 14 may be attached to a base comprising a printed circuit board the elements of antenna 10 may be driven by signals provided by way of conductive elements of the printed circuit board as shown in fig4 5 and 6 active element 12 comprises a broad distal portion 30 supported at the end of a thinner.