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Dear Globetrotter:

I am sad to report that Armond Noble, the man who conceived of this magazine all of 36 years ago, died on February 1.

Nine weeks earlier, he had no symptoms of the aggressive kidney cancer that had already spread to his lungs. A highly motivated man, he fought bravely, with his wife, Helen, at his side, until conceding to the disease at the age of 77 here in Sacramento.

Armond was one of the most intelligent people I’ve ever met. He could read a page of a book in just a few seconds, and when he developed an interest in something — Amateur Radio,...