GPS 3300 : Features and Benefits

Light-weight / compact design (as little as 200 grams)

• Allows you to use the collar on smaller species.

VHF Tracking Beacon

• Allows you to locate collar for retrieval using conventional tracking techniques.
• Allows you to monitor the performance of the collar because when a GPS fix is taken, the radio beacon will shut off. You can easily tell whether the collar is following the schedule properly, etc., merely by listening to the beacon.
• It informs you when either a) the battery is depleted, or b) the animal has died, by emitting a double pulse (recovery/mortality mode).

User-replaceable battery pack

• Does not need to come back to Lotek for refurbishment.
• Saves money on shipping, handling, and refurbishment costs.
• Allows you to continue studying the same animal without having to purchase twice as many collars.
• Eliminates down time and therefore gaps in study.
  

Temperature Sensor

• Allows you to determine animal behavior as a function of ambient temperature.
• Can cross-reference with location and activity data.
  

Mortality/Recovery Sensor, with user programmable delay

• Allows you to be alerted when the animal has died, or GPS battery has died.
• Allows you to be alerted when the collar has not moved in specified period of time - can mean dead, or slipped.
• Can retrieve collar and its data from animal quickly after death of animal or GPS battery.
• User programmability allows you to match your mortality delay to meet study needs.
• Protects your investment.
  

User-programmable GPS Scheduler

• Allows you to optimize battery energy.
• Allows you to take fixes only when you want to.
• Can prolong study (if desired)
• Can get more frequent data, shorter study.
• Allows you to have different schedule on an hourly, and day to day basis to meet varying needs.
• Can customize GPS fix schedule to meet needs.
  

User-programmable VHF Radio Beacon Scheduler

• Can extend beacon battery life.
• Buys you more time to recover collar, or plan collar recovery.
• Can be built using any freq. b/w 140-175 MHz.
  

Differential Correction

• Improve the accuracy of GPS locations to within 5 metres of actual.
• Allows you to do micro-habitat work.
• Allows you to determine animal travel corridors, movement patterns, etc.

  Data Storage Capacity of over 40,000 locations

• Gives peace of mind that there is more than enough memory capacity.

Field upload/download of data (almanac, schedules, data)

• Allows user to communicate with the collar in the field.
• Doesn't need to be returned to Lotek for data collection.
• Saves time and money.
• Privacy of data.

Wide operational temperature range

• Allows you to use it in any climate, and climate changes.
  

Wide data retention temperature range

• Protects your data in any temperature variation.

Adjustable belt

• Allows you to tailor collar to specific animal while maintaining the integrity of the GPS antenna orientation.
• Orientation of antenna allows you to therefore get the highest degree of acquired fixes.
• Allows you to use the collar on different animals during the study.

Non-protruding antenna

• Protects the antenna from damage, i.e. catching in branches, animal chewing, etc.
• Reduces collar impact on behavior because antenna is hidden.
• Should not have to refurbish antenna.

Hermetically sealed/Waterproof (up to 1 atm. water)

• Water proof down to depth of 10 meters (33 feet), therefore for animals that swim or spend time in water, there is no concern about water penetration.
  

Sturdy Housing

• Made of high strength material (GE engineered resin)
  • High impact resistance
  • High tensile strength
  • Temperature resistant (high or low)

Compact Download Unit

• Has its own rechargeable battery source, therefore can always download data even if other (GPS) batteries are dead or disconnected.
• Can be used on site because no external power sources necessary.
• Compact in size, therefore easy to transport to / from site.