From: *************** The ARRL Letter Vol. 19, No. 46 December 1, 2000 ***************

* PBS to air Tesla: Master of Lightning: PBS will air the documentary Tesla: Master of Lightning Tuesday, December 12 (check local listings for time and channel) about the life and accomplishments of inventor Nikola Tesla (1853-1943). Actor Stacy Keach will provide the voice of Tesla for the 90-minute presentation. A Web site, http://www.pbs.org/tesla/index.html, will serve as the on-line companion to the acclaimed documentary. A contemporary of Thomas Edison and Guglielmo Marconi, Tesla--a Serbian immigrant to the US--is credited with being the inventor of our system of ac power transmission and even of radio. The book, Tesla: Master of Lightning, by Margaret Cheney and Robert Uth, is reviewed in December QST, page 37.--PBS