What was with, "Picky, picky. To my mind, the base current robbed by the collector starves the base, lowering the CE stage's gain, until the exact equilibrium is achieved"? Where in the world did that come from... Larkin's _incorrect_ description?
I'm prepping for a trip to SFO.
On Monday I'll award a bottle of fine wine to the first person to properly show how the oscillator actually works... IF there is anyone who can :-( ...Jim Thompson