"John S" wrote in message ...

On 7/28/2015 11:58 AM, John S wrote:
On 7/27/2015 11:34 AM, Wayne wrote:
Let's say I have a perfectly balanced dipole with a feedpoint impedance
of 72+j0 at my frequency of interest.
I connect a perfect 72 ohm coax (an unbalanced connection) to the
feedpoint, and drive the antenna system with an unbalanced 72 ohm source.

Since the power sent to the antenna is not reflected, do I need a balun?

No.

# Sorry, I typed too hastily. Please disregard my response.

LOL....yes, I was puzzled by your response.