Surface mounted component UHF oscillator

A tunable UHF oscillator circuit positioned on first and second facing sides of a printed circuit board having a plurality of apertures therein, said UHF oscillator circuit comprising:

• a first plurality of leadless surface mounted components automatically positioned in circuit on the first side of the printed circuit board, wherein said first plurality of components include a transistor and are characterized as having low Q values;
• a second plurality of lead-mounted components positioned in circuit by hand on the second side of the printed circuit board and connected in circuit with said first plurality of components by means of a plurality of leads extending from each of said second plurality of components and through the apertures of the circuit board;
• a tunable tank circuit coupled to said leadless transistor and responsive to a tuning voltage provided thereto;
• first feedback means including a leadless surface mounted capacitor coupled across a collector and an emitter of said leadless transistor for facilitating oscillation of said transistor at low UHF frequencies;
• second feedback means coupling the emitter of said transistor to said tunable tank circuit for further facilitating oscillation of said transistor, wherein said first and second feedback means compensate for the low Q values of said leadless surface mounted components;
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• resistive means coupled between the emitter of said transistor and said second feedback means for providing isolation between said first and second feedback means in dampening out higher frequency resonances in said UHF oscillator circuit.