{"id":47861,"date":"2021-02-19T23:27:10","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T03:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=47861"},"modified":"2021-02-19T11:27:21","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T15:27:21","slug":"the-new-chameleon-cha-rxl-amplified-magnetic-loop-antenna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/the-new-chameleon-cha-rxl-amplified-magnetic-loop-antenna\/","title":{"rendered":"The new Chameleon CHA RXL amplified magnetic loop antenna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Chameleon-CHA-RXL-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47862\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Chameleon-CHA-RXL-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"904\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Chameleon-CHA-RXL-1.jpeg 904w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Chameleon-CHA-RXL-1-300x211.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Chameleon-CHA-RXL-1-768x541.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Chameleon-CHA-RXL-1-624x440.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Chris Rogers, who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Hi Thomas,<\/p>\n<p>An interesting new product has just been released for pre order, a US made Chameleon model CHA-RXL receive loop covering from 137 kHz -30 MHz.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the options it comes on the web page it mentions a Loop type \u201dUS single section\u201d or \u201ctwo sections European\u201d. I am not sure of the difference however. In the specifications it claims a 36\u201d loop.<\/p>\n<p>However a very interesting new antenna to compete with the likes of Wellbrook, W6LVP etc<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully you may, or one of your readers get one for review.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chameleonantenna.com\/shop-here\/ols\/products\/cha-rxl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/chameleonantenna.com\/shop-here\/ols\/products\/cha-rxl<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thank you, Chris!\u00a0 I do plan to check out and review this loop from Chameleon. I&#8217;ve been evaluating a number of their ham radio field antennas and\u00a0 can say that the quality is simply military grade.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m guessing (and it is truly a guess) that the EU version of the antenna is simply in two sections to save the customer excess shipping charges based on the package dimensions.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks again for the tip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Chris Rogers, who writes: Hi Thomas, An interesting new product has just been released for pre order, a US made Chameleon model CHA-RXL receive loop covering from 137 kHz -30 MHz. Looking at the options it comes on the web page it mentions a Loop type \u201dUS single section\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[3607,836,3,43],"tags":[1643,8826,9149,9045,4357],"class_list":["post-47861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antennas","category-new-products","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-antennas","tag-chameleon-antenna","tag-chameleon-cha-rxl","tag-chris-rogers","tag-mag-loop-antennas"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-crX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50690,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/video-dave-sets-up-the-chameleon-cha-rxl\/","url_meta":{"origin":47861,"position":0},"title":"Video: Dave sets up the Chameleon CHA-RXL","author":"Thomas","date":"October 30, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mike, who shares the following video from David Casler featurin the CHA RXL amplified loop antenna: https:\/\/youtu.be\/gMetQJKRYyE Click here to view on YouTube. Thank you for the tip, Mike! I just checked out the loop at Chameleon and discovered that they're currently offering a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antennas&quot;","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\/2021\/05\/Chameleon-CHA-RXL-Loop-Antenna-8.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Chameleon-CHA-RXL-Loop-Antenna-8.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Chameleon-CHA-RXL-Loop-Antenna-8.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Chameleon-CHA-RXL-Loop-Antenna-8.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":54128,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/chameleon-rxl-pro-code-for-the-swling-post\/","url_meta":{"origin":47861,"position":1},"title":"Chameleon RXL-Pro code for the SWLing Post","author":"Thomas","date":"September 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"I just received a message from Chameleon Antenna who is a proud sponsor of the SWLing Post. They've added an SWLing Post affiliate code to all of their CHA-RXL Pro orders. If you've decided to purchase a CHA-RXL Pro, by adding the code QRP5 at the checkout page, Chameleon will\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antennas&quot;","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\/2021\/05\/Chameleon-CHA-RXL-Loop-Antenna-6.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Chameleon-CHA-RXL-Loop-Antenna-6.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Chameleon-CHA-RXL-Loop-Antenna-6.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Chameleon-CHA-RXL-Loop-Antenna-6.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":53868,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/dan-reviews-the-new-chameleon-cha-rxl-pro-wideband-magnetic-loop-antenna\/","url_meta":{"origin":47861,"position":2},"title":"Dan reviews the new Chameleon CHA RXL Pro Wideband Magnetic Loop Antenna","author":"Thomas","date":"September 3, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Dan Robinson, for the following guest post and review: The Chameleon CHA-RXL Pro:\u00a0 Improved Amp Board Raises the Game by Dan Robinson Back in 2021 I reviewed the CHA-RXL loop by Chameleon.\u00a0 This loop antenna is sold by major retailers such as DX Engineering, Gigaparts and Chameleon\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antennas&quot;","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\/2022\/09\/Chameleon-CHA-RXL-PRO-Preamp-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Chameleon-CHA-RXL-PRO-Preamp-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Chameleon-CHA-RXL-PRO-Preamp-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Chameleon-CHA-RXL-PRO-Preamp-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":57043,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/ham-hifi-offers-readers-a-discount-on-the-original-cha-rxl-mag-loop-antenna\/","url_meta":{"origin":47861,"position":3},"title":"Ham &#038; HiFi offers readers a discount on the original CHA-RXL mag loop antenna","author":"Thomas","date":"June 14, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"I received the following message\/announcement below from Ethan at Ham & HiFi regarding some inventory they have of the original Chameleon CHA RXL loop antenna. This antenna is the one Dan Robinson originally reviewed and Josh at Ham Radio Crash Course demonstrated in a video. Note that they're offering this\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antennas&quot;","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\/2021\/05\/Chameleon-CHA-RXL-Loop-Antenna-8.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Chameleon-CHA-RXL-Loop-Antenna-8.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Chameleon-CHA-RXL-Loop-Antenna-8.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Chameleon-CHA-RXL-Loop-Antenna-8.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":48884,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/the-chameleon-cha-rxl-amplified-wideband-loop-antenna\/","url_meta":{"origin":47861,"position":4},"title":"The Chameleon CHA RXL amplified wideband loop antenna","author":"Thomas","date":"May 12, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"A few weeks ago, Chameleon Antenna sent me a pre-production model of their new wideband magnetic loop antenna called the Chameleon CHA RXL. I've evaluated and reviewed a number of Chameleon's ham radio antennas (primarily on QRPer.com). I find that the quality of their products are second to none. 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