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OK. Thanks guys - for the input.
What are the advantages of an air core balun as opposed to a ferrite-core balun - besides the price? Let's say that we are going to bump up to a 100wicker heater for the CB at various times. Most of the cheaper baluns are air core - correct? The more expensive ones ($60-80) are ferrite cores. Do the air cores have a low limit with power?

Is there a noticeable difference between the price and the on-the-air quality of air vs ferrite? No one seems to talk about this very much that I've noticed. And Wire Weasel; have you operated a horizontal CB dipole? Overall - did you like the quietness of the design? How does it compare in s-units to the 1/2 wave vertical ground plane at a given distance? Was it good for local QSO's as well as skip? Advantages/disadvantages/tradeoffs?
Thanks!

<blockquote data-quote="Robb" data-source="post: 126785" data-attributes="member: 8446">OK.&nbsp; Thanks guys - for the input.&nbsp; What are the advantages of an air core balun as opposed to a ferrite-core balun - besides the price?&nbsp; Let&#039;s say that we are going to bump up to a 100wicker heater for the CB at various times.&nbsp; Most of the cheaper baluns are air core - correct?&nbsp; The more expensive ones ($60-80) are ferrite cores. Do the air cores have a low limit with power? Is there a noticeable difference between the price and the on-the-air quality of air vs ferrite?&nbsp; No one seems to talk about this very much that I&#039;ve noticed.&nbsp; And Wire Weasel; have you operated a horizontal CB dipole?&nbsp; Overall - did you like the quietness of the design?&nbsp; How does it compare in s-units to the 1/2 wave vertical ground plane at a given distance?&nbsp; Was it good for local QSO&#039;s as well as skip?&nbsp; Advantages/disadvantages/tradeoffs?Thanks!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Robb, post: 126785, member: 8446"] OK. Thanks guys - for the input. What are the advantages of an air core balun as opposed to a ferrite-core balun - besides the price? Let's say that we are going to bump up to a 100wicker heater for the CB at various times. Most of the cheaper baluns are air core - correct? The more expensive ones ($60-80) are ferrite cores. Do the air cores have a low limit with power? Is there a noticeable difference between the price and the on-the-air quality of air vs ferrite? No one seems to talk about this very much that I've noticed. And Wire Weasel; have you operated a horizontal CB dipole? Overall - did you like the quietness of the design? How does it compare in s-units to the 1/2 wave vertical ground plane at a given distance? Was it good for local QSO's as well as skip? Advantages/disadvantages/tradeoffs? Thanks! [/QUOTE]

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