In article et, "KØHB"
writes:

"N2EY" wrote

The ARRL and its magazine QST were "nationally prominent" before WW1.
That's a
documented fact. The League and amateur radio all but disappeared
during WW1,
then were reorganized soon after Armistice Day.

Jim, even you can't rewrite history well enough to lend credence to that
statement.

I think the statement needs correction.

The "war to end all wars" began in the summer of 1914 (August, IIRC).

The first issue of QST was published late in 1914 (December, IIRC).

So much for "nationally prominent" before WW1.

You are correct, sir!

It should read:

The ARRL and its magazine QST were "nationally prominent" before the USA
entered WW1. That's a documented fact. The League and US amateur radio all but
disappeared during our participation in WW1, then the ARRL was reorganized soon
after Armistice Day.

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Thanks, Hans. The statement was way too US-centric as written. It's the same
sort of mistake that people make when they say WW2 started on Dec 7, 1941.

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It should be noted that one of the provisions of the early wireless acts would
have licensed both receivers and transmitters. Through the efforts of the
Wireless Association of Pennsylvania (most notably David Rittenhouse and
Charles Stewart) and the Radio Club of America, the licensing of receivers was
not enacted.

However, the WW1 shutdown involved both receiving and transmitting. Maxim and
other League officials (Including Stewart) were instrumental in getting first
the receiving and later the transmitting bans lifted.

73 de Jim, N2EY