Disclosed is a wireless wearable electronic device having an antenna that communicatively couples the wearable electronic device to another wearable electronic device and to a remote, portable device. The antenna is generally shaped like a loop or ring, has a bow with respect to the plane of the loop or ring and operates in conjunction with the ground planes of the printed circuit boards in proximity to the antenna to form a principal omni-directional lobe about the ear of the user and a secondary lobe downwardly directed from the head of the user to communicate with the remote device.