There was a time when putting rather thick Gold, 2-3 microns, directly on Copper, with no Nickle barrier, was common in Britain, and met the British Telecom specs....(comment here about the quality of the telephone service in Britain is too easy...and we are too professional, aren't we?) Rudy Sedlak RD Chemical --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------