It sounds like April Fools' Day came early. Grin! 73: John
Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 21, 2014, at 11:25 PM, Jim Gammon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Since I posed my original theory, I have thought more about this
> "experiment." I think that if you cooked up a batch of rich
> buttery shortbread on the cookie sheet, then cut out a place in
> the middle just large enough for the mag mount you'd get a
> tremendous increase in your effective radiated power from the
> antenna. Jim WA6EKS
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gerry Leary <[log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date sent: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 00:00:45 -0600
> Subject: Re: Mag mount antenna and cookie sheet
>
> Don't forget that semi sweet chocolate chips change the radiation
> pattern ev=
> en more than normal ones
>
> Sent from my iPhone this time=20
>
> On Mar 21, 2014, at 10:05 PM, Pat Byrne <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> =20
> Jim,
> You have let the cat out of the bag - the Chocolate Chip Cookie
> as=20
> Reflector and Director has been under study for many years. It
> has=20
> been scientifically proven that Giardelli dark chocolate
> chips=20
> enhance the gain by .5 db but suffer a shorter life span.
> Pat, K9JAUAt 10:22 PM 3/21/2014, you wrote:
> Linda, I definitely think your antenna would work best on the
> cookie sheet, on top of the filing cabinet. Here's why, be sure
> and surround the Mag Mount with fresh baked, hot out of the
> oven, chocolate chip cookies! If they are placed regularly
> around
> the antenna then you will get an omni-directional field from
> your
> transmissions. If on the other-hand, you position more cookies
> on say the west side of the tray, then the signal will tend to
> be
> beamed in that direction, unless of course the cookies absorb
> more of the radiation from your rig in which case the signals
> might be stronger beaming from the east side. Actually, I have
> never tried this experiment because by time I was ready to do
> it,
> the cookies had all been eaten. Maybe someone else on the list
> can shed some crumbs on this theory. I know others have said
> just to stick the antenna directly on the filing cabinet but I
> prefer my idea, smile. 73, Jim WA6EKS
> =20
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Linda C. Knight" <[log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date sent: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 22:17:18 -0400
> Subject: Re: Mag mount antenna
> =20
> I have a cookie sheet-but I also have a filing cabinet. How
> bout
> this. Would
> this be ok? we don't have an attic. We live on a restricted
> planet.
> Can I put the cookie sheet on the filing cabinet?
> =20
> =20
> Hugs and 73
> Linda C. Knight & shirley
> CallSign: kk4hrg
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