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Posted by Randy Tallon on 05-15-2010 11:23 PM:

G2 vs Garmin

I have generally gotten 800 to 1000 yds on the Garmin while tracking. I heard a story or two about the LED heads causing interference with the Garmins. Last nite I had my Garmin lose signal at approx. 345 yds. I shut my light off and went to the Garmin backlight. After a couple of seconds the signal came back at approx 445. Must be a little something with the LED and the Garmin.

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Posted by Jim Hill on 05-15-2010 11:34 PM:

garmin is only getting 1000 yards and thats a good thing ,ill stick with my beep beep im thinking

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Posted by Virgil on 05-15-2010 11:59 PM:

quote:
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garmin is only getting 1000 yards and thats a good thing ,ill stick with my beep beep im thinking

Garmins are getting way more than a 1000 yards.

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Posted by OH Walker on 05-16-2010 12:34 AM:

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Originally posted by Virgil
Garmins are getting way more than a 1000 yards.

Yeah what he said, my garmin got 1.5 miles the other night, and thats with the leaves on! Never lost signal and i have the LED Light from blazer, but it has affected the garmin before.

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Posted by boonetreecoon on 05-16-2010 01:29 AM:

When the leaves were off we got 4 miles outta our garmin. Now that their on the furthest we've gotten is maybe 1 and a half. Lately havnt had them go that far. Knock on wood

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Posted by rmcmillan on 05-16-2010 01:45 AM:

GARMIN

I HAVE NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT MY GARMIN. MOST PROBLEMS I HAVE IS OPERATOR ERROR. I SHOULD PLAY WITH IT MORE.

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Posted by Randy Tallon on 05-16-2010 02:47 AM:

I have only had to use the long range antenae one time. Dogs got out of the pocket on a nite hunt. They were 1.4 mi. away. Around here if you have a dog go more than that.....ya might want to try a different dog.... I left my Garmin at the house one nite and used my Maxima that I keep in the truck. I was in half a panic all nite. Wouldn't go back to regular telemetry on a bet. I have no doubt about where a dog is now....no "guestimation." Probably use my rechargeble batteries a little quicker using the backlite instead of my belt lite.

Posted by Maniac on 05-16-2010 03:40 AM:

i got 4 miles out of one collar today and mile half out of the other .
u need to up date your collar.

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Posted by Tyler Vaden on 05-16-2010 03:57 AM:

LEDs do interfere with all tracking uints made as of today GPS or beep if you keep you light on low like 1 or 2 clicks it WILL NOT interfere

Posted by deancarrell on 05-16-2010 04:03 AM:

I believe the original question was asking about interference by the G2 head.

Yes, there is radio interference by the G2 that drastically reduces the range of the Garmin. The higher you have the G2 turned up, the more interference. If you are tracking your hound at a fairly far range and turn your G2 on high, you will usually lose coverage in about 20 to 30 seconds. If you turn your G2 off, you will usually pick up coverage in just a couple seconds.

The obvious answer is to use the back light on the Garmin. If you're using your G2 and getting reduced range, try turning it off and see if you don't get a reading right away.

Posted by Randy Tallon on 05-16-2010 02:17 PM:

No real question in my statement. I pretty well knew what happened when I had the signal loss at that range. I thought by keeping the G2 on the lowest setting it might not interfere with it. It did. Shut off the light and reset the Garmin and it picked right back up. I was just throwing this out there incase someone experienced the same issue and hadn't read the earlier thread.

Posted by rmcmillan on 05-16-2010 03:40 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Maniac
i got 4 miles out of one collar today and mile half out of the other .
u need to up date your collar.

HOW DO YOU UPDATE THE COLLAR? OR DO YOU MEEN RECIEVER.

Posted by OH Walker on 05-16-2010 04:19 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by rmcmillan
HOW DO YOU UPDATE THE COLLAR? OR DO YOU MEEN RECIEVER.

You can do it from the computer, my garmin came with instructions on how to do it....they were with all the other papers

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Posted by TDS.Walkers on 05-16-2010 05:09 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Jim Hill
garmin is only getting 1000 yards and thats a good thing ,ill stick with my beep beep im thinking

i can get 1 1/2 miles in hills, but a 2 1/2 i'll cut in an out signal,

but its not often that my dogs get over 800 yards to tree coons,

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Posted by rmcmillan on 05-16-2010 05:51 PM:

thanks

Posted by bsbt on 05-17-2010 04:01 AM:

mine garmin after 750-950 yards it cuts out looses signal that's in
the hills. I don't have a led light.

Posted by jculler8 on 05-17-2010 05:53 AM:

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mine garmin after 750-950 yards it cuts out looses signal that's in
the hills. I don't have a led light.

in the hills here in pa i was on a cast last night that the dogs got out of pocket, we took our minus and called timeout. i turned on my garmin and got signal of my dog treed at .88 miles in about 45 seconds of being on.

i don't know what you guys are doing with your units that are losing dogs between 700-1000 yards, but you may want to read the instructions that came with the unit when you bought it on UPDATING THE SYSTEM!

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Posted by l.lyle on 05-17-2010 08:49 AM:

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Originally posted by jculler8
, but you may want to read the instructions that came with the unit when you bought it on UPDATING THE SYSTEM!

Kinda funny but when I get garmins I want a half dozen to go on the coons I'm chasin. But talk about reading instructions, I'm just learning how to post pictures and it makes a heck of a difference in the instructions if you read it but didn't catch it about the LEFT click instaed of the right click . LOL

Posted by Randy Tallon on 05-17-2010 11:40 AM:

I have updated both unit and collar....twice.

bsbt - If you push your on/off switch after you turn it on a light indicator will come on. Use your up/down arrow as to how much brightness you want. I would recommend using as low a setting on your light as you can to save batteries. The light will use them up a little.

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