Don't forget that semi sweet chocolate chips change the radiation pattern even more than normal ones

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> On Mar 21, 2014, at 10:05 PM, Pat Byrne <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> 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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