use 0805 or 1206 capacitors with low values (10pF or less) with white ceramic (NPO material , low RF losses)
capacitors are glued with "Velpon" ( a dutch brand) glue, don't use cyanoacrilate like "one second glue"
tune for minimum smoke and maximum power with a woodenstick, use evantually a ceramic trimming stick for
determing the spots where a capacitor can be placed. ( fast scan for sensitive places)
a spectrumanalyser for this tuning is prefered above a wideband powermeter, oscilations can be seen on a analyser
I used a HP141T with 18 GHz oplugin and a hp8620 sweeper with 8-12 ghz plugin as
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