{"id":42689,"date":"2020-04-06T07:03:03","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T11:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=42689"},"modified":"2020-04-06T07:07:55","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T11:07:55","slug":"new-product-k-180wla-active-loop-antenna-with-rechargeable-battery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/new-product-k-180wla-active-loop-antenna-with-rechargeable-battery\/","title":{"rendered":"New Product: K-180WLA Active Loop Antenna with rechargeable battery"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, crvee8, who shares a link to the K-180WLA<\/a><\/strong>, a new active mag loop antenna.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Based on the product description, the K-180WLA sounds a lot like a typical magnetic loop antenna (and resembles the popular MLA-30<\/a>), but what makes it unique is the fact that it can be recharged via a Micro USB port.<\/p>\n

This means, there’s no need for a separate power supply.<\/p>\n

There’s no mention of how long a charged battery would power the amplifier, but I imagine it would be respectable given it employs the 3.7V 18650 lithium cell.<\/p>\n

The frequency range is 0.1-180 MHz and the manufacturer claims it, “provides a gain of about 20 dB, even when working to 450MHz gain, there is still about 8.9 dB.”<\/p>\n

Battery power would certainly make this a very portable active antenna loop option. The price is right, too, at $55.88 USD which includes shipping from China<\/a>. The listing claims only 5 units are available at time of posting.<\/p>\n

Click here to view on eBay (partner link).<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Post readers:<\/em> Please comment if you’ve purchased this antenna. We’d love to hear your thoughts\/review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, crvee8, who shares a link to the K-180WLA, a new active mag loop antenna. Based on the product description, the K-180WLA sounds a lot like a typical magnetic loop antenna (and resembles the popular MLA-30), but what makes it unique is the fact that it can be recharged via […]<\/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":[3607,836,43,158],"tags":[8417,8415,8416,4357,3417],"class_list":["post-42689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antennas","category-new-products","category-shortwave-radio","category-software-defined-radio","tag-crvee8","tag-k-180wla","tag-k-180wla-mag-loop-antenna","tag-mag-loop-antennas","tag-magnetic-loop-antennas"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-b6x","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53814,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/matts-2022-portable-loop-antenna-shootout\/","url_meta":{"origin":42689,"position":0},"title":"Matt’s 2022 Portable Loop Antenna Shootout","author":"Thomas","date":"August 28, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Matt Blaze, for the following guest post: Matt's 2022 Portable Loop Antenna Shootout by Matt Blaze, WB2SRI Followers of this blog may be familiar with my \"shortwave radio shootouts\" that I post from time to time. 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