Monument record TQ 56 NW 341 - Vhf Fixer Station

Very High Frequency (VHF) Fixer stations formed a network of 79 stations across the United Kingdom established by the Royal Air Force (57 of which were in England). They were built in the early 1950s as part of the Rotor programme to modernise the United Kingdom's radar defences. The stations were divided into thirteen Fixer Organisations and provided directional finding equipment, enabling fighter aircraft crews to receive positional data by transmitting a signal. (1-2)

The VHF Fixer at Farningham was located at TQ 535 670. It was operational by 1951 and as of that date is listed as being operational for the foreseeable future.
The stations in Fixer Organisation One of Metropolitan Command included Wix (TM 159 279), Whittlesford (TL 459 473), Pett (TQ 879 137), Longcroft (SP 913 084), Farningham and Monkton (TR 297 659). (3)

Aerial photography from 1979 shows that the station had been dismantled and the site given over to agricultural use. (4)

<1> Cocroft, Wayne D; Thomas, Roger J C, 2003, Cold War: Building for Nuclear Confrontation 1946-1989 (Bibliographic reference). SKE58760.

<2> C.S. Dobinson, 2000, Twentieth century fortifications in England. Volume XI.1. The Cold War (text) (Bibliographic reference). SKE58761.

<3> C.S. Dobinson, 2000, Twentieth century fortifications in England. Volume XI.2. The Cold War (Appendices) (Bibliographic reference). SKE58762.

<4> Michael J. Anderton, 2000, Twentieth Century Military Recording Project: Cold War Rotor Stations (Bibliographic reference). SKE58763.