{"id":39725,"date":"2019-09-18T07:27:23","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T11:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=39725"},"modified":"2019-09-18T07:27:23","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T11:27:23","slug":"david-reviews-and-compares-the-mla-30-magnetic-loop-antenna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/david-reviews-and-compares-the-mla-30-magnetic-loop-antenna\/","title":{"rendered":"David reviews and compares the MLA-30 magnetic loop antenna"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, David Day (N1DAY)<\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n

In short, he finds that the MLA-30 performs fairly well on the AM broadcast\/mediumwave band, but can’t compete with the Wellbrook otherwise–especially in terms of noise floor. David also noted that “the MLA-30 had a very serious issue with IMD and in some cases, stations that were clearly heard with both the Wellbrook and the ground loop were totally obliterated by IMD when switching to the MLA-30.”.<\/p>\n

Click here to read David’s full review on his blog, Ham Signal.\u00a0<\/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, 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. In short, he finds that the MLA-30 performs fairly well on the AM broadcast\/mediumwave band, but […]<\/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":[3607,545,2436,433,3,43],"tags":[8009,4357,3417,7893,8010],"class_list":["post-39725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antennas","category-ham-radio","category-longwave","category-mediumwave","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-david-day-n1day","tag-mag-loop-antennas","tag-magnetic-loop-antennas","tag-mla-30","tag-wellbrook-ala1530-lf"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-akJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64962,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/don-pushes-portable-antennas-further-loop-size-performance-and-real-world-limits-part-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":39725,"position":0},"title":"Don Pushes Portable Antennas Further: Loop Size, Performance, and Real-World Limits (Part 2)","author":"Thomas","date":"December 27, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor\u00a0Don Moore\u2013noted\u00a0author, traveler, and DXer\u2013who shares the following post: Two Portable Antennas for Remote DXing (Part Two) By Don Moore Don\u2019s traveling DX stories can be found in his book\u00a0Tales of a Vagabond DXer\u00a0[SWLing Post affiliate link].\u00a0If you\u2019ve already read his book and enjoyed it,\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\/2025\/12\/60_MegaLoopDelta.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/60_MegaLoopDelta.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/60_MegaLoopDelta.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/60_MegaLoopDelta.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/60_MegaLoopDelta.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":40648,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/rick-compares-the-bonito-ml200-cross-country-wireless-and-wellbrook-1530ln\/","url_meta":{"origin":39725,"position":1},"title":"Rick compares the Bonito ML200, Cross Country Wireless, MLA-30 and Wellbrook 1530LN","author":"Thomas","date":"November 17, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mike Ladd, who shares the following video by Rick King who compares four mag loop antennas: the MLA-30, Cross Country Wireless, Bonito ML200, and the Wellbrook 1530LN. https:\/\/youtu.be\/FRhDHHpLoaM Click here to view on YouTube. 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