Thanks, Tom. My brother in law is pretty good w/electronics, so if the beeper boxes don't do the trick, I might check out building something ourselves. Certainly won't hurt to price it out if I do wind up putting off rigging the yard for music any time soon. Thanks.
Joe *** Joe, I don't know of a commercial item, but there is a pretty simple design that uses a couple 9V batteries in the archives of the Smith-Kettlewell technical file http://www.ski.org/Rehab/sktf search for "Little Go Beep" There are two such named devices, the model 1 is the one you want. It uses very standard electronic parts. If you don't know any ham techies who could bung you up a few units, you might contact the local junior "community" college if they have an electronics program and see if you can work up any enthusiasm to get a couple students to help. Also, the folks at HandiHams http://www.handiham.org have a design for a beacon that sends any pre-programmed character in morse code. These are short range but use veryy little power. They were intended to mark trails at there camps. I have no idea if they have any around, or any way to get more. Write to the manager, Pat Tice [EMAIL PROTECTED] and see what he has to say. There are also little "key finders" that beep when you clap your hands, but the ones we've tried don't work reliably. We got them from a cheapie electronics junk place maybe Cyber guys or the like for a few bucks. This could be the cheapest answer but used button batteries and may not be reliable. You'd maybe feel silly jogging round clapping your hands, but you can tell the curious neighbors you're composing. On the other hand maybe you could just wear a rubber helmet, and put your head down and go for it! <GRIN> Hope someone has a more available idea. Tom Fowle
