Rob wrote:
I think it was Seein-I-Dawg who commented about the Wellbrook ALA-1530
being shielded....

As far as I can tell, having looked at their site several times,
Wellbrook makes no such claims and points to the loop configuration as
the reason why it rejects some near field RFI. This is also born out
by the fact that they also sell an Indoor version of the antenna which
is packaged in a sort of plastic hula hoop, rather than in Aluminum
tubing. Wellbrook does make a very nice preamp and I suspect that the
ALA-100 WILL outperform the ALA-1530 and the ALA-330s with 50 feet of
wire on it. (I currently have an ALA-1530 and hope to have an ALA-100
shortly so I'll let you know.)

Rob


Steve wrote:
John Plimmer wrote:
It's just bliss
to have that phenomena that Guy describes: when the noise on the antenna's
is so low you start checking to see if in fact they are connected. It is
such a joy to hear stations thousand's of miles away waft in over the
airwaves as clear as a bell, yet the signal strength is so low it doesn't
even move your "S" meter. What a thrill!


It's a pity these sorts of locations are so few and far between. In
most locations, atmospheric noise is significant *all by itself*.

The Wellbrook loops are not shielded. The exposed metal is the loop.

The 1530+ high bandwidth version looks ineresting. You could justify
the cost if you use it for FM broadcast. Otherwise, get the ALA 100 and
roll your own loop.