| Title: | The Hunting Notesfile |
| Notice: | Registry #7, For Sale #15, Success #270 |
| Moderator: | SALEM::PAPPALARDO |
| Created: | Wed Sep 02 1987 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jun 03 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1561 |
| Total number of notes: | 17784 |
Follow-up on beeper collars. My second Tritronics Tattler has had
the same problem that made the other one fail. I took the dog out
last Saturday when there was some snow falling - very light - and
the collar's beep got very quiet. However, it recovered the next
day. It seems like the collar cannot stand the type of treatment
that the Tracker beeper withstands. It's unfortunate, because the
Tritronics has some better features, like the horn above the dog's
ears.
I am going to follow up with Tritronics but the Tattler cannot be
recommended at this time unless you are running on sunny, dry 60
degree days.
(for more background see note #70.)
Bill Juch
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 96.1 | BOMBE::BONIN | Thu Dec 10 1987 09:13 | 18 | ||
My partner uses the Tri-Tronics beeper collar and experienced
the same problem in snow and sometimes when hunting in dry
weeds.
I think that snow or bits of dried vegetation gets on the
speaker and lowers the volume. We've always brought the volume
back simply by blowing hard into the horn.
We tried to solve the problem by covering the top of the horn
with a piece of no-see-em netting. (No-see-em netting is a
fine nylon netting used for tent windows and is available by
the yard at camping stores.) Anyway, that seemed to work
until the dog brushed it off in heavy cover. That time it was
attached with elastics; next time we'll try securing the
netting with tape.
Doug
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