The episode of the BBC TV show Countryfile featuring segments on Marconi and Amateur Radio Summits On The Air (SOTA) is now available on iPlayer
The Flat Holm island edition broadcast on June 6 is at
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00183kc/countryfile-flat-holm
Fast forward to:
42:04 Marconi’s 1897 radio transmissions over sea from Flat Holm island in the Bristol channel
52:40 Summits on the Air feature with Ben Lloyd GW4BML
Fraser Wenseth MM0EFI was approached by the BBC for SOTA footage and he’s released a video about it.
Watch SOTA v BBC Countryfile from Ben Newe:
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