{"id":40648,"date":"2019-11-17T08:24:59","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T12:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=40648"},"modified":"2019-11-17T08:37:33","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T12:37:33","slug":"rick-compares-the-bonito-ml200-cross-country-wireless-and-wellbrook-1530ln","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/rick-compares-the-bonito-ml200-cross-country-wireless-and-wellbrook-1530ln\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick compares the Bonito ML200, Cross Country Wireless, MLA-30 and Wellbrook 1530LN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Mag-Loop-Comparison.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40649\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Mag-Loop-Comparison.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Mag-Loop-Comparison.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Mag-Loop-Comparison-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Mag-Loop-Comparison-768x425.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Mag-Loop-Comparison-624x346.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> 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.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FRhDHHpLoaM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FRhDHHpLoaM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Excellent comparison, Rick!<\/p>\n<p>Although we&#8217;ve previously posted reviews and comments about the MLA30, I&#8217;m quite impressed that it gave the venerable Wellbrook a run for its money. I&#8217;m not surprised the Bonito ML200 was the winner here&#8211;Bonito quality is second to none.<\/p>\n<h2>Loop links:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonito.net\/hamradio\/en\/mega-loop-fx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bonito ML200 (replaced by the Megaloop FX)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crosscountrywireless.net\/active_antenna.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cross Country Wireless<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?ff3=4&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5338597795&amp;customid=&amp;mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_nkw%3DMLA-30%2520Loop%26ssPageName%3DGSTL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MLA-30 via eBay (partner link)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellbrook.uk.com\/loopantennas\/ALA1530LN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wellbrook 1530LN<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. Click here to view on YouTube. Excellent comparison, Rick! Although we&#8217;ve previously posted reviews and comments about the MLA30, I&#8217;m quite impressed [&hellip;]<\/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":[3607,545,43],"tags":[666,6497,3741,7893,8134,4301,8133],"class_list":["post-40648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antennas","category-ham-radio","category-shortwave-radio","tag-bonito","tag-cross-country-wireless","tag-megaloop-ml200","tag-mla-30","tag-rick-king","tag-wellbrook","tag-wellbrook-1530ln"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-azC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25555,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/used-bonito-boni-whip-and-mega-loop-at-universal-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":40648,"position":0},"title":"Used Bonito Boni-Whip and MegaLoop at Universal Radio","author":"Thomas","date":"May 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"If you've been considering either the Bonito Boni-Whip or MegaLoop NTI ML200, you might check out these second-hand units at Universal Radio: While browsing Universal's used list this morning, I noticed the two Bonito antennas. 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