After nearly a year of negotiations and planning, an agreement has been reached with a new site owner and a site sharing agreement has been signed.
More details will be given soon, but the beacon will be moving to its new site hopefully within a short time. The antenna system will be identical to that currently used, with the beam directions exactly the same. This will mean that coverage will be nominally the same as that currently enjoyed.
The Ofcom license for the new site has already been obtained, so once the antennas at the new site are rigged, the beacon will be closed down from Wrotham and hopefully a few days later will appear on the air from the new site.
I still have much work to do on the project, but rest assured I am working to relocate the beacon as soon as practically possible. Obviously I am now dependant on suitable weather and the work availability of the riggers to install the antennas and feeder.
I will give you further news on developments at the earliest opportunity.
Thanks for your support and good DX
Chris Whitmarsh G0FDZ
Beacon Keeper GB3VHF
27th January 2010