Registered: Sep 2013
Location: Mathews Co, Va
Posts: 27

Went out the other night kept losing communication with collar every few minutes. Is it the tree cover now that it's summer? There was a little fog also. Thanks.

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Registered: Dec 2010
Location: Hanover,Virginia
Posts: 129

Make sure you keep the Alpha and the collars updated often. The thick cover cuts down on distance too, but make sure you get the unit/collars updated.

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Registered: Oct 2013
Location: Maryland
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Originally posted by bronco
Make sure you keep the Alpha and the collars updated often. The thick cover cuts down on distance too, but make sure you get the unit/collars updated.

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Registered: Sep 2010
Location: New Paris, Indiana
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I have never updated my Alpha or collar and have never noticed any effect from leaf or cloud cover. If your problems continue, I'd be looking at the antennas.

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Registered: Dec 2010
Location: Hanover,Virginia
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I bring my Alpha to the local dealer I bought it from about every 2-3 months and they update it for free...takes about 10 minutes. You can also go to garmin.com and do it on there. I run deer dogs and and I would lose signal at about 3 miles with the big antenna. I would get it updated and the next day would get 5-6 miles in the same terrain. You may also want to remove the collar antenna and clean the contact point.

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Registered: Jun 2013
Location: PA 16646
Posts: 1120

everyone says update it but whats funny is Ive had mine for over a year now and every time I check garmins site it says its up to date so to the people that constantly update theres what am i missing

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