Testing VHF circuits
I have had good luck building RF circuits up to and including VHF on a blank piece of copper clad board, by soldering the parts directly to the
copper side. For example if you have a circuit that has a resistor from emitter to ground. Cut on lead of the resistor to about 1/4" long, bend it at a right angle to the body of the resistor. Solder that end to the copper. the resistor is now vertical. Cut the other lead short and solder the emitter of the transistor to the resistor. I have used TO-18 case transistors and turned them upside down, bent the leads, and in some cases even soldered the emitter's to the copper. You can solder one lead
of bypass capacitors to ground and use the other lead for positive voltage
connections. Just some idea's that may help