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Chasseur
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GARMIN Astro 220 experiences
#113345 - 02/09/08 06:34 PM

I have a buddy of mine interested in getting people's personal experiences with the GARMIN Astro 220.

He is particularly interested to see if it really does work at distances up to 7 miles away for tracking your dogs.

Thanks!

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4seventy
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Re: GARMIN Astro 220 experiences [Re: Chasseur]
#113352 - 02/09/08 07:16 PM

Chasseur,
I don't have any personal experience with that unit.
I just googled it and they say that 7 miles is really the best that you can expect in ideal conditions where you are in unobstructed line of sight.
The review I was reading admitted that it is rare to have that type of ideal condition in real hunting situations with dogs.

I do have experience with one brand of tracking collar which I used a few years back.
It was capable of transmitting well over 7 miles in open country, and could even manage about 2 kilometers with the transmitting collar totally underwater.
It was very accurate at pinpointing the dogs exact position so long as you knew how to operate it for best results.

A GPS system like this Garmin Astro should be way better than the standard radio tracking collar system.

I'm interested in hearing peoples experiences with these units too!

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Re: GARMIN Astro 220 experiences [Re: 4seventy]
#113370 - 02/09/08 09:39 PM

I'm interested too. I've heard that the new version (recently released) is much better than the old version due to an improved collar and antenna.

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