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GARMIN 010-11049-00 Astro DC 30 Wirelesss Collar Transmitter |  | Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
Department: GPS Dog Tracking
List Price: $199.99
Buy New: $150.66
as of 7/29/2010 15:00 CDT details
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Seller: Universal Mania
Rating:  reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8 x 2 x 8
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MPN: DC 30
Model: DC 30
UPC: 753759080167
EAN: 0753759080167
ASIN: B001BW4VS8
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 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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Product Description
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, it's specially weighted so the antenna will always point to the sky for optimal signal.
Attach Collar and Go
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 dog's 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 it's at. Where it's been. How fast it's moving and how far it's gone.
Features include:
- High-sensitivity GPS receiver
- Dog position updates every 5, 10 or 30 seconds
- Seven mile range, depending on terrain
- Rugged, IPX7 waterproof design
- 17 to 36 hour battery life, rechargeble lithium ion
- Maintains position on top of dog's back
- Made of durable material
- Convenient, comfortable, easy-to-use
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| Customer Reviews:
 Works Good,Like it! February 18, 2010
Dominic Souza (KANEOHE, HI, US)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Really like these collars over the older DC 20 models have been using the Garmin system from the very beginning and when its working its one of if not the greatest advancement in Dog Tracking Technology to date. There are some cons about this product and they are low battery life, Structural Integrity, water proofness and all together ruggedness as compared to the older Radio Telemetry Collars. They are taking steps in the right direction though and hopefully they continue to better thier already great design. I use them in the dense forest of Hawaii and they work great in some locations and ok in others it varies but it does well when used with a long range antenna.
Aloha!
redesign of the original astro (orange) transmitter September 15, 2009
HMMWV (santa clara, CA USA)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
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!
Exclent new Product! Awesome design! March 8, 2009
Renato Ostilla (Caracas, Venezuela)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
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 November 26, 2008
P. L. Carney (Danvers, MA USA)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
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? December 28, 2008
E. G. Russell
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
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.
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