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DigiTrak Falcon F1™ Operator's Manual
5
Getting Started
Introduction
1.
Falcon Compact
Display
2.
Receiver
3.
Transmitter
4.
NiMH battery charger
DigiTrak Falcon F1™ Guidance System
Congratulations on your purchase of the DigiTrak Falcon
®
F1™, the entry level system of the DigiTrak
Falcon line of guidance systems. Falcon technology represents a significant advancement in helping crews
overcome one of the biggest obstacles to completing their underground drilling projects: active interference.
Falcon F1 provides crews with access to Falcon technology at an entry-level price, and can be upgraded to
the multi-band Falcon F2
®
for deeper bores in tougher interference environments.
In today’s competitive underground drilling landscape of deeper bores and more challenging jobsites,
interference has emerged as one of the primary obstacles to completing HDD installations on time.
Interference varies from jobsite to jobsite, at different points within the same jobsite, and even with time of
day. After extensive research and testing in some of the most challenging interference environments in the
world, DCI concluded that selecting a transmitter frequency that sidesteps interference is far more effective
at overcoming this obstacle than simply increasing power.
The Falcon approach involves dividing a wide range of frequencies into bands, then selecting the frequencies
that are least susceptible to the interference in each band. Falcon F1 uses a single band (Band 11) that
encompasses frequencies identified as performing best around interference at the highest number of
jobsites. The system is easy to learn and simple to use every day. By following a few easy steps at the
beginning of each pilot bore, you will be ready to drill within minutes.
Competing systems define success in terms of depth and data range. Falcon technology also provides
tremendous range, but that isn’t what makes Falcon great. DCI defines success as enabling crews to
complete the largest number of jobs possible in the shortest periods of time. Falcon technology is designed
around that principle.
The Falcon system comes standard with a receiver, remote display, transmitter, batteries, and battery
charger. The separate operator's manuals for these devices are located on the flash drive that accompanied
your guidance system and also at
.