aspects the transceiver and antenna are elements of a portable wireless communications telephone then changing from the antenna first environment of proximate dielectric materials to an antenna second environment of dielectric materials in step 501 e includes a user manipulating the telephone in other aspects of the method the antenna is connected to a half duplex transceiver with a transmitter and receiver then sensing transmission line signals in step 504 includes alternate substeps step 504 e receives the communicated transmission line signals at the receiver step 504 f demodulates the received transmission line signals step 504 g calculates the rate of errors in the demodulated signals by comparing the received message to the transmitted message or by using fec to correct the received message fig6 is a flowchart illustrating the present invention method for controlling the efficiency of a radiated signal the method starts at step 600 step 602 radiates electromagnetic signals at a predetermined frequency step 604 converts between radiated electromagnetic signals and conducted electromagnetic signals step 606 senses the conducted signals step 608 increases the radiated signal strength in response to sensing the conducted signals in some aspects sensing the conducted signals in step 606 includes sensing conducted signal power levels in other aspects increasing the radiated signal strength in response to sensing the conducted signals in step 608 includes improving the impedance match at the interface between the radiated and conducted signals alternately it can be stated that step 608 increases the radiated signal strength by minimizing the signal strength of reflected conducted signals at the interface between radiated and conducted signals fig7 is a flowchart illustrating the present invention method for regulating the operating frequency of an antenna the method starts at step 700 step 702 communicates transmission line signals at a predetermined.