Well, see I eat the cookies then use an HT for public service events. My
rubber duck gets out so much better that way.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2014 12:05 AM
Subject: Re: Mag mount antenna and cookie sheet
> 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
>>Please note email:
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