Chapter 151 – Wild Rose Alberta

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The fall meeting of Chapter 151 was held in the German Canadian Club on September 22, 2007. We there were 31 members, friends and guests signed in. The treasurer’s report indicated we have a total of 57 members, of which 41 are full members and 16 are friends.

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We had a letter from the Calgary Military Museums Society thanking us for the $300.00 donation to buy Morse code equipment for lectures to young people. A volunteer (Newby Terry Paden VE6TEP) helped set up the six code practice oscillators (each can be used by two people) and on September 21st, volunteer Larry Chapple,VE6KC lectured 12 of the 90 students who came to tour the Museum.


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Chapter 151 elections were held. Ken Oelke, VE6AFO will continue as president. The position of vice-president is vacant. The new secretary is Mitch Goodjohn,VE6SM and the new treasurer, Gerry Linton, VE6PL who were both elected by acclamation.

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The September 22nd meeting program was a very interesting talk on “High Altitude Ballooning”. The weather balloon, when inflated, is 5.5 feet in diameter and burst at a height of 117,587 feet. The payload contained had a camera, GPS and a VHF amateur radio to send data to ground. Photos were taken every minute and the earth’s curvature could be seen at maximum height. A parachute lowered the weather balloon and instruments to the ground after a journey from Sherwood Park, Alberta to a location north of Vegreville, Alberta.

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Jack Ambler, VE6CAQ<br>
Secretary