The hobby of amateur radio, and portable walkie talkie operating in particular, will receive some high profile coverage this coming Sunday, 5th June, on national televsion.

The long-running BBC Countryfile programme airs at 6pm on the main BBC1 channel, and will be based from Flat Holm Island in the Bristol Channel. This location can claim to be the birthplace of radio as it was the site of Marconi's first radio transmissions over sea.

Presenters Ellie Harrison and Matt Baker will be with leading Summits on the Air (SOTA) operator Ben Lloyd GW4BML as he sets up a portable station on the island in order to contact SOTA activators on hill and mountain summits around the UK.