evblazer,

DTS is the same digital system the BC-2006 uses. While my loss of signal events have usually been easy to understand, once I determined the cause, I must also say I have a cheap Schwinn wired computer from Wal-Mart that never loses its signal. I also have a MIO Sport HRM watch (no chest sensor, but a wrist and finger button sensor system). I have learned to use it and get reliable readings while riding. I also have learned to associate my breathing with my heart rate and am usually pretty close. I probably did not need to buy the BC-2006, but that horse has left the barn. Now I need to learn better how to navigate between the various display screens. The thermometer reading on the BC-2006 did show me that the area where I ride out in the countryside is often about 10 deg. F. colder than the reading on the protected northern exposure thermometer at the house.