[Elecraft] RF choke RFC13

[Tom Hammond]

Ken

Ken Brown N4SO wrote:
>page 49  K2 manual
>Which direction does the RFC13 go?
>Install near the middle of the board.
>Orient the first color band to the left.
>The PC board shows the first band to the right, the manual on page 49
>says to the left.
>
>Why does it matter on an RF choke?

As Kenny Chaffin wrote,
>It doesn't.

And he's exactly correct! At least for non-polarized components.

It's an aesthetic thing mostly, but it is generally accepted assembly 
practice to install all components so they face a certain direction based 
upon whether they install horizontally or vertically with respect to one 
side of the PC board. This way, when you're servicing the PC board, you can 
turn it one direciton and see all of the component values.

73,

Tom Hammond   N0SS