I'm confused. consider this potion of the data sheet:
(https://i.ibb.co/F4YJxsg/2n5484-poinout-interfet.jpg)
That is my guess of the pinout. Where this potion:
(https://i.ibb.co/zsJ27YZ/2n5484-poinout-interfet02.jpg)
leads me to believe I've got it backwards.
please help
TIA
Go with the pinout as indicated in the first image. In general, the source and drain are interchangeable. So long as you have the gate right you should be good.