DC30 Question

[laneysplott]

I have 3 DC30 collars which I have been running for two years now with no problems, A few weeks ago I started training season and I have one collar that is giving me a hard time. It will pick up signal at the truck but that is it. As soon as the dog is a few feet from me I lose it and it never picks back up. I have tried deleating collar and starting over but I get same results. Any thoughts or suggestions??

[mike martell]

probably your antenna. garmin has a major flaw with the antenna. small stainless wire internially, it gets water inside and rusts out and breaks. we are having good luck replacing them with the cable after market. check with buddy who owns this site....i bet you can replace for a fraction of what garmin would charge. here in oregon, we build our own and change them out before they fail....hope that is it?

[laneysplott]

That sounds about right, wife and I just did a test and it will hold signal for 30 yards and then loses

[South Texan]

That sounds about right, wife and I just did a test and it will hold signal for 30 yards and then loses

Mike is right. I have 9 out of 10 dc30 antennas that have broken. I'm making my own antennas and replacing Garmin's.

But the best way for you to test yours, to be sure it is the antenna, is to pull an antenna off of one of the dc30's that is working fine and put it on the dc30 that is not getting any range. Then if it works you will know for sure that it is the antenna. Hope this helps.
Robbie