each of its opposing ends housing arrangement 440 comprises what is often referred to as a side load housing a housing lid 452 is removably receivable on the housing body the housing body defines a cavity 456 for receiving electronics package 200 the housing body and housing lid can define a plurality of elongated slots 460 for purposes of limiting eddy currents that would otherwise attenuate the emanation of locating signal 120 fig1 and 2 from within the housing arrangement or that would otherwise attenuate reception of an aboveground signal being transmitted from portable device 20 of fig1 for reception by antenna 340 fig2 in the electronics package the aboveground signal for example can be transmitted from a dipole antenna 470 that forms part of portable device 20 it should be appreciated that the housing arrangement of fig3 a and 3 b comprises one example of a virtually unlimited range of embodiments of housings that are currently available as will be further discussed immediately hereinafter as the result of numerous manufacturers of downhole tooling specifically housing arrangements for supporting a given inground electronics package there are many design configurations each design characterized by its own manufacturing tolerances but all of which are intended to support the interoperability of the given electronics package for use in a walk over locating and or homing system the number of different housing types is still further compounded with respect to the different sizes and types of electronics packages offered in the market applicants recognize and have empirically demonstrated.