{"id":38326,"date":"2019-06-26T08:08:14","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T12:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=38326"},"modified":"2021-06-22T08:30:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T12:30:57","slug":"inexpensive-wideband-amplified-mag-loop-receiving-antenna-on-ebay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/inexpensive-wideband-amplified-mag-loop-receiving-antenna-on-ebay\/","title":{"rendered":"Inexpensive wideband amplified mag loop receiving antenna on eBay"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Ola, who shares a link to this inexpensive mag loop antenna on eBay<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I have no clue if this antenna performs as well at all, but the price is certainly much lower than its competition at $47.99 US<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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It appears you’ll need to supply your own dielectric center support\u00a0 for this loop–a length of PVC would do the trick.<\/p>\n

Copycat–?<\/h2>\n

I don’t like the fact this manufacturer has chosen the name “Mega Loop Active” for their antenna as the name is too similar to Bonito’s “MegaLoop FX Active<\/a>.” I don’t like the confusion that could create, so I would hope this Chinese manufacturer would change this in time.<\/p>\n

To be very clear, this product has no affiliation with Bonito and I certainly would not expect the quality or performance you would get from a Bonito product. Bonito products are pricey, but they’re design and manufactured in Germany and set benchmarks in terms of performance and quality. I’m a big believer in “you pay for what you get.”<\/p>\n

I suppose though if you’re just looking for a cheap antenna to test, this one is quite inexpensive. Just know that it is not<\/em> a Bonito MegaLoop, despite the similarities in product name! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Click here to view on eBay.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ola, who shares a link to this inexpensive mag loop antenna on eBay. I have no clue if this antenna performs as well at all, but the price is certainly much lower than its competition at $47.99 US. It appears you’ll need to supply your own dielectric center support\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3607,836,3],"tags":[4357,3417],"class_list":["post-38326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antennas","category-new-products","category-news","tag-mag-loop-antennas","tag-magnetic-loop-antennas"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9Ya","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39708,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/john-reviews-the-mla-30-mag-loop-antenna\/","url_meta":{"origin":38326,"position":0},"title":"John reviews the MLA-30 mag loop antenna","author":"Thomas","date":"September 17, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul, who notes that John\u2019s Tech Blog recently posted a review\/preview of the $47 MLA-30 loop antenna. 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