Mel's reference to me as "tactful" comes from a little ways back attributed to a placard that hung on my office door which read "Tact is for Weenies" (in other words, "Go ahead and ask but you may not like the answer"). Moonman would have loved it and would have requested a copy for prominent display! Past posts, as Mel pointed out, including Pete Phillips addressed repairs and modifications for circuit card assemblies (CCA) by referencing a cancelled (April 21, 1995) without replacement specification, MIL-C-28809. One point that I would like to add is that this document coupled with IPC-7721 can be used for CCAs, not unpopulated printed circuit boards (PCB). MIL-P-55110 (for rigid PCBs) and MIL-P-50884 (for flex and rigid flex PCBs) did not allow repairs on unassembled PCBs. Repairs on PCBs provide many more opportunities for failure as the CCA is manufactured, tested and delivered. Steve "still tactless" Sauer -----Original Message----- From: Mel Parrish [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 2:56 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] MIL Standard Linda There have been some recent contributions from our very tactful friend Steve Sauer concerning the MIL-C-28809. This document was often included in contract cites for the reason you requested. The rest of the story concerning the document is under the subject reference "MIL-C-28809". --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------