We are at war with Germany. As we write, the aerials of tens of thousands of us are being lowered to earth, and our instruments disconnected. We have been ordered to do this by the Navy Department. Every amateur station is closed down. The lid is on and clamped tightly for a period of time, the duration of which no man knows.
All amateur traffic is halted where it happened to stand.
All plans for improvements are cancelled. All the plans of our manufacturers are in mid-air. In short, the great amateur wireless advance in these United States is stopped. It is too early to form any intelligent ideas of the outcome. We of the A. R. R. L. have given much thought to the matter during the months leading up to the final declaration of War, even to the holding of special Director meetings, drawing up resolutions and sending a Committee to Washington to appear before the Secretary of the Navy.