RudiAhlers:
Please explain. What type of pads are used for the components?
That circuit layout uses SQUARE PCB segments, from single sided FR4 material, for the pads.
See this web site:
http://www.qrpme.com/?p=product&id=MEP
You can make your own pads by cutting segments of copper clad board at appropriate sizes, tin snips work for this.
Here I used a hole punch, it produces round plugs.
Glue the plugs in place, after the glue dries, solder components to the plugs/pads.
Here I routed a generic pattern to copper clad material.
You create a ground plane with the solid copper board that the plugs/pads are glued to.