Lieutenant, U. S. Navy, District Communication Superintendent. The lightning has struck. 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.