An apparatus and method are provided for monitoring an antenna state of a
mobile station. A resister may be provided between a battery voltage
terminal and a power source voltage terminal of a power amplifier. A
voltage level corresponding to a dropped amount of a voltage due to the
resister may be generated and compared with a previously stored voltage
level to determine whether current consumption of the power amplifier has
been increased. If the increased amount of the current consumption of the
power amplifier is large, the currently connected antenna may be
determined to be in an abnormal state and a transmission path may be
switched to another antenna. If two antennas provided in the mobile
communication are in an electrically abnormal state, a baseband chip may
inform a user of the abnormal state of the antenna. Accordingly, an
output level degradation generated when the antenna is operated in an
electrically abnormal state and shortening of the life span of a battery
can be prevented. Thus, performance of an output terminal can be
enhanced.