Jim,
You have let the cat out of the bag - the Chocolate Chip Cookie as 
Reflector and Director has been under study for many years.  It has 
been scientifically proven that Giardelli dark chocolate chips 
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
>
>----- 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
>
>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?
>
>
>Hugs and 73
>Linda C.  Knight & shirley
>CallSign: kk4hrg
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