The American Beagler Forum

It has what looks like the old DC30 receiver on the collar lol probably hoping everyone stops there b*tching over dropping signal from the 40. Runs up to 20 dogs and also can communicate with any other Alpha in the area along side watching there dogs (a buddy-buddy system). One big thing i am worried about is the “glove friendly” touch screen. we all know when its freaking cold out the last thing you want to do is keep taking your hands out of the gloves. Another thought with the touch screen is it’s a bigger screen being something that will get all busted up with one little drop on a rock or if you trip into a tree. Time will tell; i would love to get this unit and try it out BUT being a conservative (TIGHT A$$) i will just run my 220 until it wont turn on anymore.

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=107225

Says you can track up to three dogs on Birds Eye maps; can anybody provide the limit on the 320 receiver?

Pretty sure it's 10 on the 320. I've had 5 dogs on my 320 and birds eye worked just fine. Not sure why they would have a limit on that feature either, the map is just an overlay once you get it downloaded.

So will the new unit still track DC40 & DC30 collars?

Does anyone know the size difference between the new collars and old collars

From what I saw from LCS, your old collars will not work with the Alpha, 30 or 40.

Does anyone know the weight of the New collar?? I may have overlooked it. I saw where the handheld was 8.8 oz. I was wondering what's the weight comparison on collar.

Weight of SportDog TEK 1.0 LT (combo) – 12.0 ounces

Weight of SportDog TEK 1.0 L (GPS only) – 8.0 ounces

Compare this to:

Weight of Astro DC40 collar with Tritronics receiver – 12.0 ounces

Weight of Astro DC40 collar only - 8.0 ounces

Weight of Tritronics receiver only (no strap) – 4.0 ounces

Alpha TT10 Collar

External Features
The Alpha TT10 collar looks sturdy and has been performing well for us so far. The first thing we looked hard at was the transmitter weight and size. The entire collar unit weighs 10.4 oz. on our scale, and the transmitter measures 3 1/8” long x 1 1/2” wide x 1 ½” deep, meaning it will fit nicely on all dogs – including compact 13” beagles. The unit is supplied with a 1” wide dayglo orange collar strap, which is fairly easy to switch out (Garmin offers five different color straps plus a “small dog” collar strap in orange only).

Copied from LC supply review

Here's a link to LCSupply's info: http://www.lcsupply.com/Garmin-Alpha/pr ... pha-review.

I'm wonder how many steps you have to go threw in order to correct a dog, then you would have to multiply that times the number of dogs you have down. If dogs are on a trash race they can go a long ways fast and if only one dog is getting corrected every 30 seconds (or what ever time it takes) they would have time to get sucked back in with the dogs that haven't been corrected yet. I like to correct them all at once!!

birmi1nr wrote:So will the new unit still track DC40 & DC30 collars?

No the new Alpha works of Mers channels. None of the new stuff will work ATALL with any of the old stuff.

Budd wrote:I'm wonder how many steps you have to go threw in order to correct a dog, then you would have to multiply that times the number of dogs you have down. If dogs are on a trash race they can go a long ways fast and if only one dog is getting corrected every 30 seconds (or what ever time it takes) they would have time to get sucked back in with the dogs that haven't been corrected yet. I like to correct them all at once!!

Bud, i would contact gun dog supply, hey have done a review already
contact info..... http://www.gundogsupply.com/info.html#contactus

Budd wrote:I'm wonder how many steps you have to go threw in order to correct a dog, then you would have to multiply that times the number of dogs you have down. If dogs are on a trash race they can go a long ways fast and if only one dog is getting corrected every 30 seconds (or what ever time it takes) they would have time to get sucked back in with the dogs that haven't been corrected yet. I like to correct them all at once!!

Budd , the good news with this unit is you won't have to worry about dogs getting out of shocking range too quick. Even if it takes a bit of time to determin if it's an offgame chase. Even If dogs are out of hearing range (and known offgame) and need correction , You can see the dog/dogs turning around and heading back to you ( after correction ) with the Bird's Eye View. Heavy wind or distance won't matter and you can still see direction and distance of the dogs on the handheld.

If this unit works like it should......tons of shock collars and tracking units will be for sale soon.

That was also my concern.... How long it takes to shock em.. If they are on deer or whatever. I don't wanna wait till the last one ran across the highway and i see the dog lay still for the last time because it takes 3 minutes to shock 4 dogs.. I have had close calls with my sport dog and that takes me 4 seconds or less..

the main concern on the shocking part is time between switching from dogs 1-3 then you have to flip a switch or how ever you go from 1-3 to 4-6, 7-9 etc. seeing them on the screen isnt going to help any because when you light up 1-3 they willl stop and run back then you nail 4,5 and 6 and they stop well if it takes to long to switch then by the time you get on dogs 7,8,9; dogs 1,2,3 and already harking back to the other dogs you havent fried yet.