I am happy as with the DC30 works well in the same places the DC20 lost signal . Have not had the dog go out over a km so im not to shaw on the distance in the bush.I put DC30 on ute and went for drive lost signal at 5km , not 7km Think the speed of the ute mite have something to do with lost signal at the 5km mark just a thought  For the price of the Astro and DC 30 it's going to be a hard one to beat in my book 

 I have a pit x grayhound  just over a year old . It has taken a bit of work to stock train him.    But is safe around  sheep , cattle and chocks now.  He is  very fast in the bush and is hunting  out all the time  looks like he will be a good hard dog  . He was in on the first pig he saw with other dogs , Has not court he's own pig yet !

  Garmin     That  is not a good word  in my home  at the moment  And I bet the suppliers of hunting gear  that sell for GARMIN  are living a nightmare! And  as for paying money out on a roomer  I have never been so embarassed       I hope like hell the DC 30  is going to live up to my expatiations . I  will be a very tough critic on any gear that GARMIN release on the market .I will not be buying anything but the ASTRO  from GARMIN for the LIES  they have told  about the release of the DC30 .       

 Yes Clay the range of the DC 20 is poor  at 2.5 km  if you have long range dogs
What Garmin are saying is that the DC30 has a range of 7km  If we can believe what Garmin say is yet to be proven   As for losing the signal in poor weather I have tested the Astro out in a winter storm and had no loss of signal  .
 Being able to track up to 10 dogs on  the LCD screen  and know exactly where they are  is a hunters dream   
 If your dog goes off screen  you go to where the dog lost signal and pick it back up again .
Clay  in your case you would of seen your dog go by the road and get picked up by some towny  and hit the panic button  If that was what happened to her       
The range of the GPS collar is only going to get better !

The battery life  at 17hrs is not the best.  But the Astro with the LCD screen has won me over watching my dogs working through a thick scrub on the LCD screen is teaching me more about each dog  and how they hunt all the time 

The big test for me is going to be how the DC30 handles the salt water,  as a lot of hunters hunt off boats around the NZ coastline.  The salt water KILLED :'( the DC20

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 I owned a Tracker Maxima for 4years and run five collars . Im a mad keen kiwi pighunter   hunting every weekend and two or three times in the summer  , I learnt how to use the tracker maxima  very well And was happy with it .
 Sitting  around  in the bush or back at the ute   after the hunt   telling stories  we would often say it would be unreal if we could  have GPS tracking gear. Our dream has arrived with the ASTRO As soon as it was out i was very Happy to sell my Tracker Maxima which had  saved me many hours of time looking for lost dogs The Tracker Maxima found my dogs when lost ! Got me to pigs that i would of never found  with out radio tracking gear    I could not believe it  I sold Tracker Maxima  and was able to buy the Astro and four DC20 collars  and still had a $100 in my back pocket for being a guinea pig 
 Having the LCD screen on the Astro with the tropigraphical map of your hunting area is  hard to beat , I have been running the DC 20 with a whip antenna under the necks of my dogs and have had them water proofed     THANKS to  the Astro Im getting   to the pigs  a lot FASTER than ever before  and have so much  more info on each dog and where  they are and what they are doing then ever before.   The Astro has changed my hunting for the BETTER    My  FRUSTATION is with Garmin  and the change of release dates and the bundle being released first .
I believe the hunters that have been running the DC20 collars would of been the ones to put the DC30 to a true test and  could give Garmin {the liars that they are} good or bad feed back on the DC30.

I believe the knockers of the GPS tracking gear are living in the stone age

Get the cobwebs out of your pockets GPS is here to stay and will only get better

 Thanks  for up dates  , Do you think  the DC30  will sell out fast . And will Garmin keep up with the demand ? Releasing  the  bundle first GARMIN have shown  NO loyalty to the test dummies who were the first  buyers of the Astro with the DC20    ,And have  lied  to us about  the release date more then once !       A    reminder that in big busines there is NO LOYALTY to those that lead the way !

 Thanks for update

Thank's Bryan  Could you put a post up when you get them in , We have been waiting  patiently down here in NZ ,      

 When is the DC 30  going to be on the shop floor ?     

  Looks good !  I have been  Carring the Garim truck antenna  on me ,  thanks Bryan

Bryan have you got ifo on the  New portable handheld antenna for the astro 220 

The  DC 30 looks like its the real deal  will be trading up asp