Garmin Astro 220 GPS Dog Tracker

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Tired of searching for your hunting dog in tall grass or dense cover? Now you can leave the hunting entirely to him. Introducing Astro, the first high sensitivity GPS-enabled dog tracking system for hunters and sportsmen. This unique system pinpoints your dog's position and shows you exactly where he is, even when you can't see or hear him.

Attach Collar and Go
The Astro system includes a bright color-screen handheld GPS device and a wireless transmitter, called the DC 20. To get started, just take Astro outdoors and turn on the handheld and transmitter to acquire GPS satellite signals. Then attach the DC 20 to your dog, either with the included neoprene harness or by threading it onto an existing 1-inch e-collar. Now you're ready to turn him loose - no other setup required.

Track Dogs in Dense Cover
As often as every five seconds, your dog's DC 20 transmits his position to your handheld, and you can see his current location and a trail of where he's been on the Map page of your handheld. Switch over to the Dog Tracker page to view a compass pointing to your dog's location as well as his current status: whether he's running, sitting, on point or treeing quarry. Astro can also sound an alarm to let you know instantly when your dog goes on point.

Astro boasts a high-sensitivity GPS receiver that can track your dog's position even in the densest cover. You can track up to ten dogs at one time with Astro, at a distance of up to five miles away (depending on terrain). The system transmits information by line-of-sight, so it reaches farthest in flat, open territory.

Count Your Coveys
After you've captured your quarry, mark the exact spot with Astro's Covey Counter, a special waypoint that tells you the exact location, time of day and elevation where you found your prey, as well as the number of birds you flushed and took from that location. Astro lets you save other special waypoints, such as Truck and Lodge, so you can save the location of these places quickly and easily for each hunt. Astro also offers special waypoint icons to represent food plots, tree stands and other hunting-related points.

Experience Full-featured GPS
Astro shines when you're out on the hunt, but it also excels in getting you back to your truck at the end of the day, or even back home again. In fact, the Astro handheld has all the features of Garmin's top-line handheld outdoor devices, including a barometric altimeter, microSD card slot, celestial information, area calculator, rugged, IPX7 waterproof exterior and a revolutionary 3-axis compass, which works no matter how the handheld is oriented. With optional detailed city street maps, you can search for over 6 million points of interest and create a route on roads with exact turn-by-turn directions.

Astro: GPS-enabled dog tracking system

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Astro 220 GPS Dog Tracker features

• Automatic routing (turn by turn routing on roads): yes
• Electronic compass: yes
• Barometric altimeter: yes
• Hunt/fish calendar: yes
• Sun and moon information: yes
• Area calculation: yes
• Unit dimensions, WxHxD: 2.3" x 6.3" x 1.3" (5.7 x 15.9 x 3.2 cm) (Astro 220)
• Display size, WxH: 1.5" x 2.2" (3.8 x 5.6 cm)
• Display resolution, WxH: 160 x 240 pixels
• Display type: 256-color TFT
• Weight: 6.5 oz (185 g) without batteries
• Battery: 2 AA batteries (not included)
• Battery life: 24 hours
• Waterproof: yes (IPX7)
• High-sensitivity receiver: yes
• PC interface: USB

• Basemap: yes
• Ability to add maps: yes
• Built-in memory: none
• Accepts data cards: microSD™ card (not included)
• Waypoints/favorites/locations: 1,000
• Routes: 50
• Track log: 10,000 points; 20 saved tracks

• Frequency band: MURS
• Range: 7 miles (line of sight)
• Additional: Tracks up to 10 dogs simultaneously

• Unit dimensions, WxHxD: 3.25" x 1.75" x 1.5"
• Weight: 6 oz (170 g)
• Battery: Li-Ion rechargeable
• Battery life: 17, 24, or 36 hours – (user adjustable transmit rate of 5, 10 or 30 seconds)
• Waterproof: yes (IPX7)
• High-sensitivity receiver: yes

• Receiver: WAAS/EGNOS enabled 12 parallel channel GPS receiver continuously tracks and uses up to 12 satellites to compute and update your position
• Acquisition times:
• Warm: < then 1 second
• Cold: < then 38 seconds
• AutoLocate®: < then 48 seconds
• GPS Update rate: 1/second, continuous
• GPS accuracy:
• Position: < 15 meters, 95% typical
• Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state
• DGPS (WAAS) accuracy:
• Position: < 5 meters, typical
• Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state
• Range: 5 miles (typical)
• Dog Position Update Rate: 5, 10 or 30 seconds
• Antenna: patch antenna
• Power Source: user serviceable Lithium-ion battery pack (rechargeable)
• Battery Life: 17 hours

• Size: 3.25"W x 1.75"H x 1.5"D
• Weight: 6.0 ounces (with battery pack - without collar attachment plate)

• Frequencies:
• 151.820 MHZ
• 151.880 MHZ
• 151.940 MHZ
• 154.570 MHZ
• 154.600 MHZ
• Transmit Output Power: 2 W

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