In 1986 I moved to Worthing and re-established the station at my new address using the equipment above, but in the autumn of 1987 hurricane force winds ripped across the south coast of England, causing considerable damage to my station mast, and antennas. I managed to salvage enough to get the station back on the air, but in the spring of 1989 during more storm force gales my mast and antennas were damaged beyond repair. Discouraged and lacking finance I decided to pack the remains of the station away until I had more time and money for the hobby, and forgot I had the equipment.

During the spring of 2006 I got the old equipment out of the loft dusted it off and started to rebuild the station, much to my amazement the old 2M and 70cm rigs still work. Now the station comprises of my old Summerkamp TS280 FM 2M transceiver feeding into a home made slimjim that is mounted 3M above ground, and Yeasu FT 780 FM 70cm handheld transceiver. And my new additions to the station: a Summerkamp 767DX HF multi-band transceiver feeding into G5RV mounted 6M above ground fed via an ATU, and an FDC 150A 2M handheld transceiver.