RE: Spylinker System just arived and burnt
If you see the posting I made just a few days ago under the thread ""spylinker reciever voltage" [sic] you'd have noticed that I mentioned the 1500mW systems were very marginal in respect to the output transistors.
I used two BLT 71 transistors to repair mine (because I had a couple lying around -- they're common in the output stage of some cellphones) but even these are marginal and I've taken to running my Spylinker 1500mW system at less than 9V to avoid another failure.
When I get time I'll do some research and see if I can find some transistors with a better voltage rating than the BLT71's and similar characteristics in the same SOT223 package.
You know you're dealing with a lame product when the manufacturer (or distributor) scrapes off the part numbers in a vain attempt to either protect their design, hide the fact that it's using under-spec'd components, or force you to return it to them for repairs.