Chapter 151 – Wild Rose Alberta

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Greetings from Chapter 151, Alberta, Canada, your 2006 QCWA Convention Hosts. By the time you read this a lot of you will have enjoyed visiting Calgary and a lot of its local and surrounding attractions.

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We had a luncheon meeting on April 29th, 2006. There were a total of 27 in attendance - 11 members, 6 friends and 10 guests. Earle Smith, VE6NM, the President of RAC was present. He is a life member of QCWA and a member of Chapter 151. Earle spoke on Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) sponsoring the RAC Youth Education Program (e.g. Chestermere Lake and Airdrie Ralph McCall Middle schools and Calgary Sir James Lougheed elementary school) who contacted the International Space Station. He encouraged us to further talk this program up in schools.

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Ken Oelke, VE6AFO, introduced Andy Webb, VE6EN, who was the first radio amateur in Canada to receive a QCWA scholarship. Andy now has his master’s degree in geology. President Ken Oelke, VE6AFO, presented Andy with a “hat trick” certificate stating that he had made three contacts with the International Space Station.
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Ian Stephens, VE6IMS, of Calgary, presented a very interesting program on the design of amateur rockets and the attempt to achieve records for sending rockets to high altitudes. Ian belongs to the ATHA Aerospace Group http://www.stephensonline.ca/atha-aerospace/ who in June 2003 launched the largest, heaviest and most powerful amateur rocket in Canada (the Daughin) which reached an altitude of 50,000 feet. Future projects are being designed to fly to 100,000 feet.


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Jack Ambler, VE6CAQ<br>
Secretary