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Subject: Re: Different PCB materials - open for discussion...

From: "Steve" <alienrelics@...>
Date: 2005-10-20

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Stefan Trethan"
<stefan_trethan@g...> wrote:
...
> FR1 and even phenolic boards are still widely used in industry, for
> "cheap" jobs like TV sets and other low-density stuff like that.
Those are
> often done single-sided so the paper is no problem.

I wish that were true of all TVs! Some brands have double sided with
traces following tortuous paths across many plated-through holes and
SMT jumpers.

Steve Greenfield