garmin question

[tushhog84]

 i have the 220 and started out with 3 of the dc30 collars and they do ok i usually dont loose them until the dogs get to 600-900 yards. i recently bought 6 of the dc40 from a coworker i added them to my 220 and done all the updates on them, and went hunting last weekend and i was loosing connection at 200-300 yards with the dc40s, we were in a place that i have tracked with my dc30s and never had an issue. i ordered the tuff skin antennas for the collars and the long  flexible antenna for the 220, i swapped out the antennas yesterday turned all the collars on made sure i had a good signal from them i put them out in the middle of my yard (no trees in the yard to block the signal) i drove down the highway and lost signal at .85 on all 9 collars i thought that i should be able to pick them up further than that. does having several collars on at the same time interferre with the signals like it does with the radio type collars? i have heard people talk about tracking dogs at over a mile in the woods, i dont know what else to do just wondering what kinda range yall get with them, and any suggestions yall might have.

[Bowhunter1994]

Good question... I heard you are supposed to get signal up to around 2 miles

[KevinN]

I've never got 2 miles.

It seems to vary..Terrain plays the key role I think.....sometimes I start losing signal in the .90's

I've never got a signal from more than 1.6 or so and that's w/ the extended range that comes with the hand held.

[tushhog84]

kevin i would be pleased to get .90 out of mine

[brad s]

I have noticed in winter they have better range bc trees don't have any leaves vs summer with all the thick cover.

[firemedic]

.85 miles is pretty good range. I don't think you said but have you updated everything lately? I've had 40s since they first came out and I've only gotten 2 miles out of mine one time that I remember. Usually 700 to 800 yards is about it without using the long range antenna. I did however, get one of the telescoping/folding antennas and when extended it works almost as well as the long range one. Be sure to keep the connection clean where the antenna contacts the collar.