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| GARMIN 010-11049-00 Astro DC 30 Wirelesss Collar Transmitter |
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| Manufacturer: Garmin |
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| List Price: $199.99 |
| Sale Price: $159.53 |
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Garmin DC 30 Transmitter Collar. This rugged, all weather collar has an integrated GPS transmitter and antenna that work with the Astro 220 to ensure that your dog will never be lost again. Plus, its specially weighted so the antenna will always point to the sky for optimal signal. When teamed up with the Astro 220, this system will have you hunting in no time. The DC 30, in combination with the Astro 220, pinpoints your dogs position every 5 seconds and runs for 17 hours. You can extend the battery life of the DC 30 by changing the position transmit rate from 5 to 10 or 30 seconds, enabling the DC 30 to work up to 36 hours in the field on one charge. You will know if your dog is pointing, sitting, moving or treeing. Where its at. Where its been. How fast its moving and how far its gone.
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Product Details |
- Transmitter Collar For The Astro(R) Dog Tracking System
- GPS Receiver & Vhf Transmitter On Collar
- Weighted Collar Keeps Transmitter Unit Under Dog¿S Neck While Flexible GPS Antenna Stays Pointed Toward The Sky For Optimal Performance
- Dog Position Updates Every 5, 10 Or 30 Sec
- 7-Mile Range, Depending On Terrain
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 redesign of the original astro (orange) transmitter |
| Review Date: September 15, 2009 |
| Reviewer: HMMWV, santa clara, CA USA |
The original astro came packaged with a small rechargable orange transmitter and a velcro harness to put it on your dog. Anyone mixing velcro and dog hair knows what happens next. There was also a plastic clip you could use to screw the transmitter onto your dog's existing collar, but my dog broke 2 of those clips giving chase.
When the DC30 came out it was a major improvement. Garmin realized that the heavy transmitter would sag down where the dog tags hang, so the put it there intentionally instead of forcing it on top.
The passive antenna in the original unit was replaced with an active amplified gps antenna sewn into the collar facing the sky. A small thin cable is hidden in the collar to carry the gps signal down to the transmitter below.
Finally, the transmit antenna was redesigned for vhf frequencies and realizes 1dB more gain over the previous transmitter - not alot but still an improvement.
In short, the DC 30 makes the astro a real dog tracker. I bought the collar separately and was immediately impressed. No longer did I have to scrape dog hair from the velcro on their earlier design!
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Exclent new Product! Awesome design!
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| Review Date: March 8, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Renato Ostilla, Caracas, Venezuela |
| With the initial purchase of the Astro system more than one year ago,I have purchased two more, old design DC-10s, and all three broke the antennas or lost the sleeve after the first or second hunting. They are definitely not properly design to hunt in difficult dense bushes . The antenna in the old DC-10 is terrible and get damaged when the dog has to cross a barbed wire line and the neoprene harness tends to deteriorate quickly. Recently I bought one of the new DC-30 and am very satisfied. It is a totally new concept. Rugged, easy to clean after the hunt and always stays in the proper position in the neck of the dog thanks to a very balanced weight design. The new antenna which is much more flexible and thinner stays at the side of the neck and never moves from the upwards position. Really Garmin had made his homework with the DC-30! Have used it in several hunting trips and the collar is like new.I am buying more to replace the old ones. |
Astro 220 & DC30
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| Review Date: November 26, 2008 |
| Reviewer: P. L. Carney, Danvers, MA USA |
| I have one DC30 and am ordering another. This entire system (the Astro 220 plus DC30 collar) is unbelievably awesome. It instantly points out the location of my dog with the simple press of a button and it does much more that I haven't taken advantage of yet. This remarkable tracking device is going to provide some piece of mind when I'm hunting my dogs in new territory (or old territory) and I'm worried about losing them. And it's eliminated the need to use beepers and really loud bells to keep track of them, which provides for a much more esoteric hunting experience. A DC30 and a little bell, or no bell at all is just the ticket when hunting wary and skittish upland game with your dog. I would definitely recommend this to all of my dog-hunting friends. |
Why two prices?
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| Review Date: December 28, 2008 |
| Reviewer: E. G. Russell, |
| I have tried several times to purchase the DC30 from Amazon. It lists one lower price (in this case $163) on the first hit from Google. Then you go to the Amazon website and it rings it up at $195. We used to call that deceptive advertising. Maybe it is called creative marketing now. |
Tried to purchase this item multiple times.
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| Review Date: December 31, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Max Winward, |
| I have tried to purchase this multiple times to have it canceled on me. They claim that it was previously purchased. This is frustrating. The product is an excellent product, I am trying to purchase an additional collar. Problem always seems to buy with the seller antonline. |
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