A wireless terminal device having a simple configuration with at least two
antennas, a single receiver, and a single reception level measuring
section, which is capable of performing transmission and reception
antenna diversity without a break of communication. The wireless terminal
device, which communicates with a base station, comprises a reception
system and a transmission system. The reception system includes a
receiver, despreading section, a PN generator, and a BCH reception level
measuring section. The BCH reception level measuring section measures a
reception level of the broadcast channel. The transmission system
includes a transmitter, a spreading section, and a PN generator. Either
of two antennas is selected by a controller and an antenna switch. When a
measured value of the broadcast channel via the selected antenna is equal
to or less than a threshold value, the controller switches the working
antenna to the other antenna, and obtains a measured value of a reception
level of the other antenna during a transmission gap. Subsequently, when
the first measured value is more than the second measured value, the
controller switches to the antenna having a measured value higher than
the other antenna to some extent.