Amen! If gold did not exist, it would need to be invented just for EE
purposes. 73 Mac N8TT

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J. Mc Laughlin; Michigan U.S.A.
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"Wes Stewart" wrote in message
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I won't go into the considerable amount of detective work that it took
to decide that despite being "conductive" Alodine and its ilk are not
suitable coatings for rf components.

Gold is your friend, if of course, it's thicker than a few skin
depths, which is another long story. [g]