Hi Everett,
Well it 'sort of works' and it doesn't cost very much, so it's better than nothing for folks who don't want to build their own.
You get quite a bit for your money, and it's OK for use with say and RTL dongle in direct sampling mode, but I'll probably cry the first time I see one being used with a high end receiver like a Perseus or Airspy HF :-(
Here are some measured parameters of various loops using the same test setup.
MLA-30? ?OIP2 approx +46dBm?OIP3 approx +20dBm
M0AYF
OIP2 approx +75dBm OIP3 approx +27dBm
Wellgood
OIP2 approx +57dBm OIP3 approx +37dBm
LZ1AQ OIP2 approx +79dBm OIP3 approx +36dBm
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I've now added the MLA-30 information to my Active antennas webpage.
Regards,
Martin - G8JNJ