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Hello,

I am new to this forum, and may be this question was already asked.

In the description of Pic'n mix and Pic a star VFO and Transciever
(see corresponding Yahoo group forums), Peter G3XJP explains his
method for a relatively complicated board.

The copper is sprayed with paint, and after it has dried, the copper
to be removed is revelated by scratching the paint with a more or
less sharp point. After that, it is etched. He say that this is easy
and has the advantege to give large ground planes which is better
for HF work.

This methos has been used for a DDS associated to a PIC micro, which
means a lot of very fine tracks.

Does anyone know this methos and has used it ?
Is it worthwile to give a try ?

I have Sprint Layout, and although this is not the best PCB design
soft, it is easy to use for simple designs, so I do not know what to
think.

Thanks for help.

Gerard, F6EEQ