{"id":39708,"date":"2019-09-17T07:23:48","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T11:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=39708"},"modified":"2019-09-18T07:25:58","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T11:25:58","slug":"john-reviews-the-mla-30-mag-loop-antenna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/john-reviews-the-mla-30-mag-loop-antenna\/","title":{"rendered":"John reviews the MLA-30 mag loop antenna"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/i> contributor, Paul, who notes that John\u2019s Tech Blog recently posted a review\/preview of the $47 MLA-30 loop antenna<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Click here to read.<\/a><\/p>\n

Click here to view the MLA-30 on eBay.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. Click here to read. Click here to view the MLA-30 on eBay.<\/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":[3607,3,43],"tags":[4357,3417,7893],"class_list":["post-39708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antennas","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-mag-loop-antennas","tag-magnetic-loop-antennas","tag-mla-30"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-aks","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38506,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/mla-30-loop-antenna-unboxing-video\/","url_meta":{"origin":39708,"position":0},"title":"MLA-30 loop antenna unboxing video","author":"Thomas","date":"July 15, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul, who notes: This video is in Chinese, but at least we can see what's inside the box: https:\/\/youtu.be\/mM09pT1YbjU Click here to view on YouTube. Thanks for sharing, Paul. If you've ordered the MLA-30, please let us know your thoughts about the construction and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Antennas"","block_context":{"text":"Antennas","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/antennas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-26-at-7.52.26-AM.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-26-at-7.52.26-AM.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-26-at-7.52.26-AM.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-26-at-7.52.26-AM.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":39725,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/david-reviews-and-compares-the-mla-30-magnetic-loop-antenna\/","url_meta":{"origin":39708,"position":1},"title":"David reviews and compares the MLA-30 magnetic loop antenna","author":"Thomas","date":"September 18, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Day (N1DAY), who has completed a thorough review of the MLA-30 loop antenna. In this review, he compares the MLA to the Wellbrook ALA1530-LF and a 30 foot square ground loop antenna. 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