Wildlife Materials International, Inc.
MAGNUM CONVERTIBLE Changeable-Battery
TRANSMITTER COLLAR #3190/3280
The Magnum Convertible
#3190/3280
collar comes with
three
batteries. The hunter can choose
either a standard or long range, depending on the dog released and the terrain hunted. To get a
standard
range, insert the
one
bigger battery (the same used in our #3190 collar, 70+ days continuous
tracking).
Or, for our
longest 4-14 mile signal
range
, insert
two
smaller 1/2 AA lithium batteries (also
used in our #3850 collar, 17-20+ days).
NOTE: This equipment is designed to help you locate dogs after the hunt.
As you know, any electrical equipment, especially if battery-powered, may stop
working. Theft, accidents, and Acts of God also occur. Wildlife Materials, Int.
cannot assume responsibility for dogs that are lost or injured while being
monitored.
DIRECTIONS:
1. Open the battery holder cap by twisting a coin counter clockwise in the cap slot. Insert the battery
of your choice: 1 larger 3.5 v lithium collar for a standard 2-9 mile range, or 2 smaller 3.5 v lithium
batteries for our longest 4-14 mile range. AVOID DAMAGING CIRCUITRY! Place
the battery’s
negative (-) end nearest the cap
. As a reminder, the outside of the cap has been engraved
with a
"-"
.
2.
Just before releasing your dog, make sure the battery cap and the antenna are tightened.
Also
tighten all collar screws
so transmitter is held securely to collar. These actions can avoid
loss of a transmitter in the field.
3.
To start the transmitter signal (with battery inside),
remove the magnet from its recess hidden
between collar and transmitter. Pull the white tab that surrounds the magnet.
4.
Turn on your receiver. Tune in the transmitter collar's frequency number to get a beeping signal.
Attach your handheld antenna's cable to the receiver face
after you are positioned some
distance away (at least 20 yards) from your transmitter collar.
5. Practice finding the transmitter collar
before
putting it on a dog. Place the activated collar in a
tree at 200 yards so you can pick up the signal. Then ask a friend to hide the collar a further
distance away.
6. For most efficient recovery of a transmittered dog, use the
NULL-to-NULL method.
With
antenna plugged to receiver, hold your antenna above your head, its main boom parallel to the
ground. Rotate your antenna in a full circle--360 degrees. A peak signal will be received over 15
to 20 degrees of a circle. Swing the antenna back and forth to see where the signal stops or a
NULL (no sound) occurs. You will quickly find a null at 30-40 degrees on either side of the peak
signal.
Divide the space between the nulls in half--this is the direction of your dog.
As you
move toward the dog, take other readings, in case the dog has veered off. You may need to
position the antenna so that its elements move from vertical to horizontal. For best signal
reception, your antenna elements should
parallel the dog's collar antenna
: the dog may be
down, or the collar antenna may have shifted on the neck.
7. If you receive a strong signal (with the receiver's Gain or volume turned low)
all
around you
(called
swamping
), you are very close to your animal. Turn the receiver's attenuator on. Or
detach the antenna cable from your receiver jack and then turn the receiver's gain control up. Go
toward the loudest signal.
