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
ackage Includes:
- Astro 220,
- VHF antenna,
- Trip and Waypoint Manager,
- USB cable,
- belt clip,
- swivel button,
- lanyard,
- owner’s manual
- quick start
- guideQuick reference guide