I, N3DNO, hereby publicly apologize for my ham bashing on the news group "rec.radio.amateur.misc". I have no right to bash a new ham for not passing his/her code test. I should have been encouraging them not putting them down. I firmly believe in keeping the code requirement, but do not consider a no-code ham a non-ham.
I would also like to welcome any new hams to the wonderful hobby of ham radio. I hope you get as much enjoyment out of it as the rest of us have.
Again, my deepest apologies to the ones I have offended.
73's N3DNO

Special thanks to KF4LDO - Grady Russell, for indirectly showing me where I was wrong. Thanks Grady!

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