# Help with a cat locator

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-cat-locator/668420>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 9, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-cat-locator/668420 "2013-09-09T16:19:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-cat-locator/668420/1 "2013-09-09T16:19:25Z")

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We have a cat that gets out on occasion. Maybe once per year or less. When he gets out, he’s gone for days and won’t respond to anything. He has hidden up under a car and almost gotten killed that way.

Anyway, we need a simple cat locator. All the ones I see online so far are the high tech GPS deals that are $100 plus $8/mo. Or more.

He doesn’t get out often enough to warrant that cost. I was thinking more along the lines of a keyless remote for a car. Click the button, hear a beep. See light flash. Keep wandering and clicking until the thing is found.

Help? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-cat-locator/668420/2 "2013-09-09T16:55:14Z")

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[Tile.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqDm3gZNZPM#t=99)  
They don’t mention what the range is though.