Joe – in my experience with the SWAH v5, (I’ve built a couple), I find that 47K works best. Regardless what the image in the build doc sys, follow the BOM – or better yet, read all the detailed notes in the “Build Notes” and “Mod Ideas” sections.
In my SWAH v5 build document, R27 is 7K9 in all three places (BOM, schematic and build image).
Neither R17 nor R27 are going to affect the voltage supply. “VA” should be the supply voltage at +9v. “VB” should be one half of the supply voltage at +4.5v. And “VC” should be +5v.