Wendell, You should be able to use whichever resistor was supplied in the kit ... in your case 1.2K. Per the instruction manual Rev 1.10, on page 53:?
"Kits produced from July 2022 onward are supplied with an 820-ohm resistor. Before this date, the resistor was 1.2K. The change was necessary due to slightly different characteristics of the new batch of Q6 transistor (MPS751)."
Your kit was probably produced prior to July and later shipped to you with the proper resistor to work with the MPS751 transistor that was shipped with your kit.
CQX+ shipped November 2022- revised instructions state a 820 Ohm resistor instead of a 1.2K Ohm resistor for R42.? Myt kit contained a 1,2 K but no 820.? Should I install my own 820?