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Made in China Wellbrook 1530 Loop Antenna?
Sealord:
The fact that there's no concern with copyright infringement using logos or model numbers from a legitimate manufacturer is a red flag.
This is the equivalent of selling a Fiero Ferrari as a better alternative to the real 308.
alpard:
--- Quote from: ChrisSmolinski on February 18, 2023, 1332 UTC ---
--- Quote from: alpard on February 14, 2023, 1135 UTC ---It seems saying that it is improved version of Wellbrook 1530 Loop Antenna. Interesting.
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Chinese eBay sellers say lots of things. I'll go out on a limb here and say performance is nothing like a Wellbrook.
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This BH5HDE QRP Loop antenna looks like the same or similar antenna to the Chinese WellBrook 1530.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upu7tBcFlgE
alpard:
So the 1530 version must be RX only version. The QRP Loop in the videos seems QRP Transmitting / Receiving antenna covering mainly the HF Ham bands.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJsmxDhlhzY
alpard:
--- Quote from: Sealord on February 18, 2023, 1411 UTC ---The fact that there's no concern with copyright infringement using logos or model numbers from a legitimate manufacturer is a red flag.
This is the equivalent of selling a Fiero Ferrari as a better alternative to the real 308.
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I think the new Chinese 1530 Antenna is totally different design. I used to have a genuine Wellbrook 1530, and it was not tuneable antenna. It had nothing for tuning, just an amp under the loop element and the power supply unit.
The new Chinese antennas have tuning knobs on the amp, and also on the control box with psu = totally different.
They seem just using the name Wellbrook 1530 in the listings to attract attention, because Wellbrook is such a well known antenna name?
Sealord:
I'm still skeptical, but if you purchase this antenna I hope it meets your expectations :)
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