2024 John Deere Radio RTK 450 Base

2024 John Deere Radio RTK 450

Provides +/- 1 inch pass-to-pass accuracy season after season, and year after year

Use a Dealer-owned RTK network to reduce your administrative expenses

Provides less chance of radio interference, and RTK Extend to minimize shading signal loss

Requires a StarFire 6000 receiver, SF3 Ready Activation, and RTK Ready Activation

Features may include:

• Producers have a lower investment cost because the dealer purchases and is responsible for base station upkeep.

• Dealer networks cover more area with the RTK signal, giving many producers access to RTK on all of their grounds.

• RTK network is owned, maintained, and supported by a local, certified John Deere dealer.

• The John Deere RTK Radio 450 requires a license for a dedicated frequency. While a license has to be paid for, the user owns that specific frequency. Unlike the John Deere RTK Radio 900 frequencies, wireless providers or anyone else cannot use that frequency, thus eliminating signal jamming.

• The John Deere RTK Radio 900 uses a frequency band that is like an interstate: it is free and open to the public. If only a few people are using the interstate, it moves fast; however, when everyone uses it at the same time, there is a traffic jam and it moves slowly. Conversely, the John Deere RTK Radio 450 is a private road.

• RTK repeaters are radios that can be used to improve base station signal coverage around obstacles, such as trees or rolling terrain. The purpose of the RTK repeater is to receive the correction signal coming from the base station and then transmit that correction signal.

• More than one repeater can be used with one base station, but the repeater cannot receive signal from each other in a daisy-chain configuration. In order to operate, a repeater must be connected to a 12-V power source.