  A flexible meander line monopole antenna (MMA) is presented in this paper.
The antenna can be worn for on-and off-body applications. The overall dimension
of the MMA is 37 mm x 50 mm x2.37 mm3. The MMA was manufactured and measured,
and the results matched with simulation results. The MMA design shows a
bandwidth of up to 1282.4 (450.5) MHz and provides gains of 3.03 (4.85) dBi in
the lower and upper operating bands, respectively, showing omnidirectional
radiation patterns in free space. While worn on the chest or arm, bandwidths as
high as 688.9 (500.9) MHz and 1261.7 (524.2) MHz, and the gains of 3.80 (4.67)
dBi and 3.00 (4.55) dBi were observed. The experimental measurements of the
read range confirmed the results of the coverage range of up to 11 meters.
