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My old faithful PL-880 has been stolen. Forgot to take my bag with me when I went to the airport toilet, and when I returned to my table, the bag was opened and someone had taken the PL880 and my shaver! The thief was caught on CCTV, but I don't beleive I ever get my belongings back. So now I'm goin...

I'm guessing most matching transformers/baluns/ununs don't make sense, since they're trying to bring high impedance down to around 50 Ohms. All the devices you mention are in fact RF-transformers, and they work both ways. Just by swapping the input/output connectors they all work as step-up devices...