Surface-mount is the work of Satan.
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I did have to wear my near field glasses AND my OptiVisor.
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Those are a LONG way off the board - is that prescribed for the design you’re building?
Not at all, doubt it makes any difference?
The tallest would just under
10mm off the board.
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Is that your interpretation of war of the worlds via the medium of transistors?
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haha jinx
Tis Tripods not war of the worlds 
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It can be useful if they’re run hot, but those package sizes of tx are so cheap they’re usually duplicated to share the load. Depending on what the circuit’s actually doing, long leads might adversely affect inductance values, and depending on frequencies involved, radiate a bit more RF - if it’s a phono stage, I’d carefully reheat and drop 'em lower.
Got the box set on DVD 
It’s this pre
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There ya go - that’s how the maker builds it so (as per best practice in all situations) ignore me 
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TBH I wasn’t copying any technique just being lazy, 
Think id rather messy hard wired to printed circuit board.
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Are they the PassDiy boards with the Toshiba JFETs?
Yes. £100 off of ebay. Will hook them up to a supply and check them next week. Soldering generally okay with a few dryish looking joints.
Cool, bit of a bargain.