A system for detecting an incontinence event comprising: a pad having an open circuit comprised of a first conductor extending from a first terminal of an RFID inlay, and a second conductor extending from a second terminal of the RFID inlay; an RFID reader subsystem having a processor and two or more antennas, each antenna being adapted to radiate and receive electromagnetic energy, the system adapted to: A) select: 1) an antenna pair i from an ordered list of i max antenna pairs in which one member of the pair is a send antenna and the other member is a receive antenna, 2) a transmit power j from an ordered list of j max transmit powers, and 3) a frequency k from an ordered list of k max frequencies, B) command transmission of energy from the send antenna of the selected antenna pair i at the selected frequency j and power k , and C) repeat A and B with i replaced by an incremented value of i , j replaced by an incremented value of j , and k replaced by an incremented value of k provided that if any of the incremented values of i , j , or k exceeds i max , j max , k max respectively, the excessive value is instead replaced by one. a pad having an open circuit comprised of a first conductor extending from a first terminal of an RFID inlay, and a second conductor extending from a second terminal of the RFID inlay; an RFID reader subsystem having a processor and two or more antennas, each antenna being adapted to radiate and receive electromagnetic energy, the system adapted to: A) select: 1) an antenna pair i from an ordered list of i max antenna pairs in which one member of the pair is a send antenna and the other member is a receive antenna, 2) a transmit power j from an ordered list of j max transmit powers, and 3) a frequency k from an ordered list of k max frequencies, B) command transmission of energy from the send antenna of the selected antenna pair i at the selected frequency j and power k , and C) repeat A and B with i replaced by an incremented value of i , j replaced by an incremented value of j , and k replaced by an incremented value of k provided that if any of the incremented values of i , j , or k exceeds i max , j max , k max respectively, the excessive value is instead replaced by one. A) select: 1) an antenna pair i from an ordered list of i max antenna pairs in which one member of the pair is a send antenna and the other member is a receive antenna, 2) a transmit power j from an ordered list of j max transmit powers, and 3) a frequency k from an ordered list of k max frequencies, 1) an antenna pair i from an ordered list of i max antenna pairs in which one member of the pair is a send antenna and the other member is a receive antenna, 2) a transmit power j from an ordered list of j max transmit powers, and 3) a frequency k from an ordered list of k max frequencies, B) command transmission of energy from the send antenna of the selected antenna pair i at the selected frequency j and power k , and C) repeat A and B with i replaced by an incremented value of i , j replaced by an incremented value of j , and k replaced by an incremented value of k provided that if any of the incremented values of i , j , or k exceeds i max , j max , k max respectively, the excessive value is instead replaced by one. <EOS>