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Post by magnuml on May 5, 2013 12:11:48 GMT -5
I just put new long range antennas and bought a new 14" rubber long range antenna for my 220 handheld. I have added and removed my collars several times and calibrate my compass every hunt. My system is losing communication at sometimes 150yds. Before all the changes i got as far as 1.7 miles. any ideas what this could be ? lastnight everyone of my collars acted up and i wanted to go crazy! Even thought i had a dog killed because another he was with came back hrt and could not find him, until had me looking under orange trees and then all of a sudden he showed up 436 yds another direction. Thank god. Lost 2 hogs because garmin was messed up and it took us too long to get to them caught. My dogs don't bay. bad night.
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Post by crackae11 on May 5, 2013 18:41:05 GMT -5
try to upgarde yer collars u must have someone with a 320 to do so . is that doent work id say it may be time to send yer unit in
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Post by magnuml on May 5, 2013 19:06:02 GMT -5
Fun. Always a price to pay for technology. My old azz had a hard enough time figuring out how to turn it on. lol.
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Post by magnuml on May 5, 2013 19:20:37 GMT -5
garminastrodog.com/garmin-astro-losing-range/Hope this works. Some off ya'll might be shocked to read this. I noticed my system started acting up when i was in Texas. every vehical had a radio in it and we were very close to the border check point . Cells, garmin ect all had issues.
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Post by magnuml on May 6, 2013 10:24:16 GMT -5
Just wanted to update. I am sure a lot of you already know this but i called garmin and they walked me thru installing their newest updates and i updated my handheld then each collar. They reccomend this every few months or when a notice in communication loses and reduced range. They also said to make sure the I.D numbers are not too close on the collars and the collars of people you are hunting with.. I have 4 collars and sure enough just reloading them i had 2 collars 1 number apart. I changed them because they said to have them as far from each other as possible so they do not conflict with each other. Hope this helps anyone like me ( New to garmin) and gets you tracking better. Saturday we probably lost 1 caught hog because we could not get their fast enough ( dogs don't bark, just catch) and kept losing communication and was looking under orange tree's for what i thought was a dead dog because the one he was with on a hog came back lame and he is a dog that does not bay. Hope for a better next hunt.
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Post by crazycowboy1278 on May 6, 2013 12:51:36 GMT -5
I'll keep this in mind Magnum thanks for the info
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Post by crackae11 on May 6, 2013 16:26:23 GMT -5
yeah i uodate ar least once a month . glad u got it fixed its a pain when u got 1000$ worth of tracking equipment and u cant find yer dogs ive had to send back 2 dc 40 collars since ive had um
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Post by magnuml on May 6, 2013 19:01:36 GMT -5
I sure was glad to see my red dog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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