December 14, 2024

This Week in Amateur Radio

North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine

BBC Countryfile featuring amateur radio now online

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:

Via Southgate