A hand-portable radio communications device comprising: including a first conducting plane in a first portion of the device; a second conducting plane in a second portion of the device; an antenna element connected to one of the first or second conducting planes; and a mechanism for enabling relative movement of the first and second portions of the device between a first configuration in which a first interconnect path exists between the first conducting plane and the second conducting plane and a second configuration in which a second different interconnect path exists between the first conducting plane and the second conducting plane.