An antenna radiator assembly (201) and radio communications assembly (200)
comprising a circuit board (210) supporting electrical conductors (225),
one of the electrical conductors (225) being coupled to a feed point
(130), and the circuit board (210) having a ground plane (140) formed
from at least one conductive sheet. There is a tuning plate (132), a
parasitic tuning line (150), a switching unit (160) selectively
electrically coupling the tuning plate (132) to the tuning line (150).
There is also an antenna radiator element (107) spaced from the circuit
board (210) and coupled to the feed point (130), and when viewed in plan
view there is an overlapping area where an overlapping surface area of
the antenna radiator element (107) overlaps an overlapping surface area
of the circuit board (210) thereby forming a sandwiched dielectric region
therebetween, the sandwiched dielectric region providing capacitive
coupling of the tuning plate (132) and the antenna radiator element
(107); and a ground connector (131) inductively coupling the antenna
radiator element (107) to the ground plane (140), wherein the tuning
plate (132) is disposed in the overlapping surface area of the circuit
board (210).