I have used a cordless doorbell from K Mart.  It works for locating
things, but probably has only about 300 feet range.  It is about $20.

On 2000-01-28 [log in to unmask] said:
   >My $28 cordless phone does that.
   >----- Original Message -----
   >> I could see some uses for that.  What is its range, and how much
   >does it cost?
   >> >hello all, I know this isn't about coumputers but it is about
   >teck. I am =
   >> >tring to find a remot finder, it works like a cordless hand set
   >pager. =
   >> >It has two parts a transmiter and a recever, when you push the
   >botton on =
   >> >the transmitter the recever beeps. I thank you all for your help
   >>in =  >addvance. sorry for going off toppic.
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