An antenna arrangement for a radio communications apparatus such as a mobile phone, comprises a substantially planar patch conductor having a first feed connection point for connection to radio circuitry and a second feed connection point for connection to a ground plane, a first, differential slot in the patch conductor between the first and second connection points and a second, dual band slot located in the patch conductor outside the area between the first and second connection points. The length of the first slot is greater than a quarter wavelength, and provides a third resonant frequency increasing the bandwidth of the antenna. The width of the patch conductor between the first and the second slots is selected to obtain a low impedance transformation and thereby a low antenna resistance causing detuning the antenna. A user holding the phone increases the antenna resistance thereby tuning the antenna.

 
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