How to test *your* microwave oven distribution pattern.

[David Honig]

At 08:47 AM 11/5/98 -0600, Jim Choate wrote:
>Here's a simple way to test the bounce-pattern of your micro-wave oven:

Simpler: stick a neon-bulb with the leads twisted off into the oven.
Watch the glow vary. Put a cup of water in there since you're not supposed
to run empty.

You of course know about CDs as uwave detectors :-)

> -	Make sure the stake is in suitable ground without lots of quartz
>        and other similar peizo-electric materials.

Not piezo (though quartz is), but non conductive.  You have to 
tap the groundwater table.  Sand, granite don't conduct.