[Elecraft] ATU P6/J7 alignment

[W3FPR - Don Wilhelm]

Buck,

No matter how you interpret the figure, the pin closest to the side pane is 
the grounded one - and the braid should end up closest to the side panel 
too.

You can easily verify which pin is ground with your ohmmeter - the other 
side will have a high resistance to ground because of the blocking capacitor 
on the RF board.

73,
Don W3FPR

----- Original Message ----- 

> It's the old P6/J7 question again.  I found some references in the 
> archives
> but they just say "Wow, be careful" or  "I once was lost but  now I'm 
> saved."
> without actually telling how it goes.
>
> So can someone help me get this straight?
>
> If I wire J7 as shown on page 10 of the manual and install P6 so the 
> locking
> tab is to the front of the radio, the braid ends up in the connector  that 
> is
> closest to the edge of the radio.  But, it looks like the ground  side is 
> the
> one closest to the center of the radio not the edge.  In other  words, 
> either
> the drawing on page 10 is backwards or the locking tab has to be  to the 
> back
> of the radio or
>
> I JUST DON'T GET IT!
>