Dwight, May I join in on this issue with another aspect. We assemble back planes and daughter boards with press fit type connectors for years now with very good results. As you have mentioned, we too consult the bible (GR-78-CORE). We always specify solder finish for the connector tails for use in our pwb's, which are hasl finished. Mating section is gold on both male and female. Recently, a distinguished (no names ) connectors manufacturer has announced that a particular part no. is available with gold finish only. Promising us that even though there is potential difference between gold and tin (lead): "this will not result in a galvanic corrosion" The Bellcore does not address this issue of galvanic intermetal compatibility with regard to press -fit . Is there any test data to prove that galvanic couples do not pose any problem in press fit application for telecom environment. BTW the potential difference between gold and solder according to mil-f-14072 is 0.65 volt. Any help will be appreciated. Mickey -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ michael weiner Tadiran Telecommunications Ltd tel: 972-3-9262937 fax: 972-3-9261803 e-mail: [log in to unmask] homepage http://www.tadirantele.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC web site (http://jefry.ipc.org/forum.htm) for additional information. For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.311 ################################################################