Recording liquid container, ink jet recording apparatus, and cartridge collecting apparatus

A recording liquid container for containing liquid for recording to be supplied to recording means, said recording liquid container being detachably mountable to a mounting portion of a recording device, said recording liquid container comprising:

• an information memory medium storing predetermined information;
• wireless sending means capable of wireless sending of a predetermined information in said information memory medium within a predetermined range;
• a wireless communication antenna for wirelessly sending radio wave;
• and
• a communication property changing means for changing a communication property of the wireless sending,
• wherein said wireless communication antenna has antenna members having directivities different from that of each other, and said communication property changing means selectively validates directivities, and
• wherein said communication property changing means validates a plurality of directivities of said wireless sending during a transportation stage before said recording liquid container is mounted to said recording device, and validates a single directivity of said wireless sending when said recording liquid container is mounted to said recording device.