John:
Ok, I don't know that much about electronics (enough to be dangerous), but I thought that in a colpitts oscillator, the cappacitors and _primary_ winding formed the LC tank circuit. In this schematic, the capacitors are connected in parallel with the _secondary_ ! Unless I don't understand the operation of this oscillator, seems something's fishy...
Dan
Dan,
I didn't discuss the Colpitts oscillator, you probably meant to direct your message towards someone else. Maybe you're responding to Dave's posting, I don't know.