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Here are some pictures of a system that was sold in 1970. The collar had wires that plugged in and then ran down the collar to prongs. It also had a wire that ran down the collar that extended out for the antenna. It was $100 bucks. One thing I found interesting is the intensity was increased as you held the button down. I got about a 4 page instruction manual also that was interesting to read.
Hope you enjoy and it might bring back memories for some.

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Wow 6 mile range and a 10 year guarantee!

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Wow, 10-year warranty. Hard to get one year out of the piece of $hit Chinese batteries they use in today's hunting electronics. I've got a Dogtra YS600 bark collar and the battery pack is bad after about a year. A replacement pack isn't much cheaper than just buying a new collar.

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Bruce there's not many of us old enough to remember that ad but I do. Never owned one. Was way out of my price range.

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Aw Norman ( coon stopper) gave me one just like it went to walk under a high line one night and it went to shocking my dog it like to eat me up trying to get it off of him. When he would quit screaming I would try and get it off then it would get both of us I carried it to the truck with a stick lol.



We came a long ways lol


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Bet the guy that owned that back in 1970 was the talk of the town with all that new finagle equipment. I can remember going to a hunt in the 90's and see them antennas on the dogs and asking what they where. I knew they made tracking collars just didn't know anyone that had one, wasn't long after that I decided I needed one too. But I'm the last one to get new stuff. Just got a smart phone 2 years ago had to wait till my niece came from Texas to set it up for me I should have been born in the 1860s instead of the 1960s. I was using that old orginal beep beep till 3 years ago before I got a alpha and it was free or I would still be beep beeping along right now

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Tar.. funny youmentioned that.
in about 1974 a fellow came here to hunt with me and he had bought one -- he knew his great dog would run a deer... to get to the point the same thing happened to it and that night the dog did not run anything for quite a while after we finally got it off him.

oh-- the "guarantee" was no good either.

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LOOKS LIKE YOU COULD JUMP A CAR WITH THAT THING!!

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As bad as I don't want to admit it I remember them to. In fact I had one a little later on. It was always getting the wires hung up and breaking. We have come a long ways

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They shocked so hard they would make you wet your pants !! And almost number 2 !!



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My hunting buddy picked up one similar to this about 40 years ago. The collar didn't have an off/on switch. You had to put a wire on a stud and put a nut on it to hold it in place. He had a redbone (about 85 pounds) that wanted to be an armadillo dog. So we put the collar on Duke. About 15 minutes later we heard something sounding like an elephant coming through the woods. It was Duke. He was howling, squealing, flipping, and running into trees. The nut holding the wire had fallen off and every time it made contact with the stud it would shock him. We finally got him caught a took the collar off. That's the only time it was used.

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They made so much money off dog people that there now in aerospace buisness lol

Systronix Inc. is underway on the second phase of a major expansion, which will include a massive new facility and create more than 100 jobs, as the company plans to grow its aerospace services business. It all started with a electronic shocking collar to train dogs with that was very successful many of wich are still in use today.
As part of the second stage of the machine and electronic manufacturer's expansion, Systronix financially committed to land within the Rosenberg Business Park, located near the intersection of Interstate 69 and FM 2218.
The company plans to build a 100,000-square-foot facility at the business park, according to a Nov. 9 release. Construction on the facility is slated to begin in March 2016, with a completion date set for the following year. Solar Realty Partners and the city of Rosenberg have partnered to develop the project.
In conjunction with the new facility, the company plans to hire an additional 150 employees over the next five years, Systronix President Gary Kerbow told the Houston Business Journal.
The announcement of the new facility and hires comes on the heels of the company's recent expansion of its current facility on West Airport Boulevard in Sugar Land.
The 50,000-square-foot development opened in the first quarter of 2015 and took two years to complete. The expansion added manufacturing capabilities that now include electrical assembly and advanced manufacturing of precision metals.
Additionally, the company received all of the required aerospace quality certifications.
“This has positioned Systronix to grow into the aerospace industry,” Kerbow said in a statement.
Systronix plans to roll out the third phase of its expansion within the next five years, which will involve building clientele and revenue.
Systronix Inc. is a 25-year-old company based in Sugar Land that provides precision machining and electronic manufacturing services. By 2020, the company plans to grow into a $50 million business with no more than 25 percent involvement in medical, energy, aerospace, or military and defense, according to a statement.
Meanwhile, Houston's aerospace industry has made major headway in recent months.
Last month, the Houston City Council approved the first dedicated infrastructure for the spaceport. Meanwhile, NASA's Johnson Space Center announced that it would partner with the Houston Airport System to help progress the project.
The spaceport is expected to make the surrounding area a new hub for an aerospace economy.

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I bought one of these new back then, cost me two weeks pay. Mine wouldn't shock over 100 yards here in the hills, Back then cb radios were really popular and anytime someone fired up a cb radio anywhere around you it one set the color off, also I had it go off if a dog hit it on the tall gate of the truck. My next big investment was a Bill Boatman coon beam light. I think it was also around $100. It looked like a suit case hung over your shoulder. It was bright, but wouldn't hold up very long if you shinned it much. I wore a carbine light on my head to walk with and 90 % of the coons would look at it walking into the tree, then shine the coon beam to shoot it out with. These old adds sure bring back the memories.

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Driftwood: out of curiosity, What would have been the occupation of the fellow that Came to hunt with you in 1974?

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