1. TO EVERYONE WHO WAS HAVING TROUBLE TRACKING WITH YOUR GARMINS. I WAS HAVING TROUBLE TOO. MORE WITH SOME COLLARS THAN OTHERS. BEING WORRIED THAT SOME OF MY COLLARS WERE BROKEN, I TESTED MY COLLARS FIRST THING THIS MORNING AND ALL ARE WORKING FINE. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT INTERFERENCE WAS TO BLAME, THE BAD NEWS IS THAT I DO NOT HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THE INTERFERECE YET. AT LEAST YOUR SYSTEM IS NOT BROKEN. I AM TRYING TO GET A GARMIN REP TO COME TO A FIELD TRIAL TO EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE ARE HAVING AT FIELD TRIALS.
2. BRADLOW, I REPAIRED YOUR ASTRO FOR 1/3 OF THE PRICE THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO COST.
3. THIS WAS A FAIR AND A FIRST CLASS HUNT. I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO A HUNT THAT WAS RUN ANY SMOOTHER. EVERYONE WHO WATCHED THE RUNNING SEEMED TO AGREE WITH THE FINAL RESULTS. THE ONLY NEGATIVE COMMENT DURING THE WHOLE HUNT WAS CALLED IN FROM A GUY WHO WAS NOT EVEN AT THE HUNT! BAD SPORTSMANSHIP LIKE THAT CAN RUIN A HUNT FOR MOST OF THE HUNTERS. THANKFULLY, THE ONLY CRYBABY FIT THAT WAS THROWN, WAS FROM SOMEONE THAT COULD BE HUNG UP ON. OTHER THAN THAT, A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL. EVERYONE SEEMED TO ENJOY THEMSELVES AND WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO WATCH SOME REALLY GOOD HOUND WORK. SEVERAL TOP HOUNDS NEVER MADE THE TOP TEN BUT WERE SEEN BY THE HUNTERS REALLY DEMONSTRATING TOP HOUND WORK! THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO MADE THIS HUNT A SUCCESS!

Howard for about 2 months now we've been having heck with ours in sourth MS. dropping gps signal.
I had one the other day that lost gps communication but the question mark kept moving just like the signal was working.

BIRD, REMEMBER ALL OF THE PROBLEMS THAT HUNTERS IN THE SOUTHERN STATES WERE HAVING LAST SUMMER WITH DC 40'S? TRYING TO GET A SIGNAL THROUGH THE HEAD AND NECK OF THE DOG ALONG WITH THE EXTRA FOLIAGE THAT COMES ALONG WITH SUMMERTIME IS TOUGH. THAT IS WHY DC 30'S REMAIN SO POPULAR WITH RUNNING HOUND GUYS AND IT IS ALSO WHY GARMIN PUT THE GPS ANTENNA BACK ON THE TOP OF THE DOGS NECK WHEN THEY CAME OUT WITH THE ALPHA SYSTEM. I LOOK FOR GARMIN TO PUT THE GPS ANTENNA ON TOP OF THE DOGS NECK ON ANY FUTURE COLLARS THAT THEY COME OUT WITH. THE MAIN THING THAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP MAINTAIN A GPS SIGNAL IN THE SUMMERTIME IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DC 40 LIGHT HAS AQUIRED A THREE BLINK SERIES BEFORE TURNING THE DOG LOOSE. A DC 40 MAY NOT WORK THE BEST FOR YOU GUYS WITH RUNNING HOUNDS IN THE SOUTH BUT IT WILL WORK FINE ON A SLOWER DOG LIKE A COONHOUND OR SOMETHING THAT REDDOT OR ERIC EMERSON BRED! IT ALSO WORKS FINE IN AREAS LIKE MISSOURI WHERE THE OVERHEAD FOLIAGE IS NOT AS THICK.

thats funny right there,you ole boys talkin way over my head with them high dollar collars lol,i do pretty good with the old collars i got,they do the same thing all the time.

Dick,
We missed you this weekend!

Shame on you Howard! Eric has been a very quiet man ever since our treaty with the Nation. Now you go and stir the pot---Next thing you know Hillbilly will be chirping in his two cents worth!

PUPPY THE MEDACINE MAN SAID YOU NEED TO EASE UP ON THE POTION BEFORE YOU LET THE SECRET PLAN OF ATTACK OUT OF THE BAG......

Howard, If foliage and other matter are shutting down your high tech hound stuff, the solution is simple. Hang the receiver on one of your ears and a collar on the other. Reception will be perfect.

Ted or Eric..... Do the" GPS" collars work ok at Mallens, or do I need to bring" beep-beep" collars?
I know y'all talk different, was wondering if the collars work different? You know, like receiving in" French", or some other language!
See y'all soon!

Allan Bishop
(Jabber Jaw)

Allan, Don't use em myself, but they seem to work well at Mallens. A lot of hunters do use them successfully.
For some reason they do not seem to work on Julys or collies. As long as you're not hauling either breed, it should be fine.
Are you coming for the Brunswick?

Most everyone is now using them at Mallen's. I finally have converted and am using mine. They won't help much in the first bit after catchup but in the end they are OK.