Banggood £13 YouLoop Antenna. CHEAPEST SW loop. But does it perform ?

[@Ratchet_effect]

Glad you shared the Banggood link Fred! ebay and amazon want over £40 for the same antenna. CB/HAM Antennas don't have to be expensive to work well as you've shown 👍

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Hi. Yes agree its not worth £40 but at £15 is a bit of a bargain

[@mrdonkersley]

You can make this out of coax cable, crossed over at the top (outer to inner) with a binocular toroid opposite, for cheaper than Banggood. I have mine inside a hula hoop with a round electrical junction box in the centre. It works much, much better shoved out the window. I'd recommend that you use it with an SDR like the Airspy HF+ Discovery which has a higher dynamic range than RTL-SDRs.

[@phils4634]

You get what you pay for. The Airspy HF+ Discovery is a VERY good SDR receiver, and the addition of their Spyverter is a very worthwhile investment. Having said this, I also use the RTL-SDR dongle with a lap-top when on holiday, and this amplified loop antenna is really excellent (since the average discone isn't really "portable"😀)

[@Greg-et2dp]

Frid in the shed your utube videos are awesome my friend

[@Greg-et2dp]

Frid in the shed your shortwave you loop antenna is awesome my friend

[@Greg-et2dp]

Frid in the shed I learn lot from you about bying cb radio and antenna for cb radios my friend

[@phils4634]

These are good antennas without the amplifier, and the cable appears to be SS402, which is supposed to be better for HF than RG316; the amp is a worthwhile investment though, and if you want to use this as a permanent installation it's not difficult to find a pair of junction boxes, with suitably sized waterproof unions, and a plastic hula hoop to provide a much better circular antenna. Incidentally, I've created a pretty OK long line using a 6:1 balun, and lengths of fibreglass - braided electric fence "wire", which I can get from the local farm store for an excellent price (and which are obviously really weather - tolerant!)

[@makerofthingsunique]

I bought this after seeing your video and it's reduced the noise floor substantially.

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Excellent!

[@Greg-et2dp]

Frid in the shed my hobbies are painting pictures 🖼 and listening to shortwave and ssb iam thinking about getting my Grms license and mybe my ham license some time

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Good stuff. Hope you had a nice weekend Greg.

[@notreallydaedalus]

Excellent video as alway, thanks Fred!

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@MarcosRodriguez-ed4nf]

I´m very happy with this antenna and works quiet well with XHDATA D808 🙂(without pre amp!)

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Good to hear

[@FrancoDX]

Nice video Fred 👍🏼 Had one of these for about 3 years and got some good results with it indoors. It’s directional which is good for MWDX as you can null out other stations on the same frequency. It picks up surprisingly decent on Airband as well, a bit of an all-rounder that’s well worth buying if you are on a tight budget. 73 Franco

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Thanks for the info!

[@marcosmza1962]

Thanks for your tests. I'm waiting for one I recently bought 😊. 73

[@alessandroconcas]

it's Fred, but most write frid so now for me it's "FRIEND in the shed" that share experience... so let me say i've buy this antenna, it's far better then a telescopic whip for noise reduction(when find best windows) and GOOD solution for my 2 wspr (zachtek and sotabeam) .

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Hi. I used the Youloop on a recent out door test and it really reduced local QRM noise.

[@chrislane8168]

Morning Fred. I'm sure your jingle is very similar as Eric's from Farpoint Farms videos. Lol. Hope all is well.

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Morning. Could be. I just took mine form the KZbin Library.

[@raymondmartin6737]

I recently purchased and received the LZ1AQ magnetic loop antenna, for about $US 34.95 plus about $US 5.00 for shipping. However, I ordered it from Banggood on January 8 2024, and it took almost 2 months to reach me here. I find some of the same items at Amazon, which is quicker to ship here, but the price maybe more. 😊

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Normally takes about 3 weeks to the UK. Guess you guys are a bit further away. Mind you i can hear you very loud on 11 meters.

[@raymondmartin6737]

@@CB-RADIO-UK Yes 11 meters, CB skip is very strong here 😀

[@NoosaHeads]

Well done

[@ifell3]

Awesome, buying one right now, what else can I chuck in my shopping cart 😊

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

I would get a cheap LNA which will work well with this loop.

[@ifell3]

@@CB-RADIO-UK looking on banggood there are unpowered and powered. Do you have a link to one you would purchase please. RTL SDR v4

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Hi. I would buy this one usa.banggood.com/High-Impedance-Amplifier-for-SDR-Walkie-Talkie-Small-Loop-Antenna-HackRF-One-Donut-Antenna-p-1997436.html?rmmds=detail-left-hotproducts&cur_warehouse=CN&ID=6287830&trace_id=617b1710091002689

[@ifell3]

@@CB-RADIO-UK Awesome, thank you so much for your reply!

[@N3WERHamRadioElmer]

Fred on another note HT IJV 3.0 was released

[@cbrmac]

Good review as always fred but what on earth do you do with all this stuff ? My xyl is always saying.." why do you need ANOTHER" radio " ... don't you find you simply end up with to much stuff ? ..i have a few hand held radios and how many do i actually use .... maybe one !! 😂. Best wishes Mac

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

You sound like Mrs Fred LOL. I just like testing and trying new ideas. I get a real kick out of it esp if they are cheap products.

[@cbrmac]

You are doing a great job and providing honest help for many.. keep up the good work..👍

[@guidelineuk4876]

@@CB-RADIO-UK here here especially when it's cheaper than a box of fags😎

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Or 2 gallon of unleaded :-(

[@guidelineuk4876]

Great review can't find it cheaper nowhere else

[@cbrmac]

Hi Fred...bit of an old post reply..the noise you tried to find the cure for some time ago I am pretty certain it's a russian jammer intermittently being transmitted on certain CB frequency...just disconnect your antenna and see if goes ... sometime it on 555 other time it's 305 ... Regards Mac

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

You know there have been some very strange SW signals coming out of Russia. My noise i think was coming from a small scale weed farm.

[@cbrmac]

@@CB-RADIO-UK I picked up exactly the same noise as yours but not always on same frequency never on the ham bands ... interesting if from weed production..why change the frequency ? And also same noise in my location in Pembrokeshire... interesting one especially as Russia has been using jammers? ..so did you actually track it down to a location for sure ,? Maybe I missed a post and am playing catch up ...that be nothing new.lol Best ... Mac

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

No i did not track it down to the exact house but we had a strong smoking weed smell from a certain house near us. When that did eventually stop (ages) so did the PLT noise. Never came back.

[@cbrmac]

@@CB-RADIO-UK lol ..I assume the owners were a pretty happy lot them ..good it stopped it sure was crazy .. sodium lights then ... maybe they gone portable and located near me 🤣🤣

[@LuisGFierro]

Thank you

[@Tom-zq7lu]

Good moning my friend fantastic and beautiful, radio 📻 👍

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Hello Tom. Thanks.

[@Desert-edDave]

The MLA-30+ Is by far the best investment for your money at ~$30 for 0-30MHZ receiving, whether in rural areas or indoor receiving in an apartment in a city.

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Yes that does look like a good deal for an active antenna.

[@dojohns]

great video thanks,😀

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Thanks for watching!

[@guidelineuk4876]

Going to try out the MLA 30+ £20 :-)

[@fwijnja]

My experiene is That its a very bad antenne.i had to do the soldering again.receving with it is also very bad....

[@DonzLockz]

Banginggood value for money.😅

[@philsimprezawrx]

👍👍👍👍👍👍🫶👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@petergore1972]

Peter Gore Seer, Remember It Lift Not The Antenna,No Lift No Signal.

[@RadioMcRadioface]

Consider supporting a real YouLoop with a purchase and not a knockoff

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

But why. Would it really perform better. Where do you thing the real YouLoop is made ?

[@mihaescuemil463]

The original magloop has a variable tunnig capacitor that tune the loop for desire working frequency.

[@RadioMcRadioface]

@@CB-RADIO-UK but why, jesus dude! Support our community of makers, you posh git. Thats why.