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UPDATE: Yes, we launched the balloon!. Unfortunately, it was brought down by a pop-up storm near Lake Norman, NC. Several of us are scheduling a search and recovery effort over the next few days. Wish us luck. 

There still are a couple of other pico-balloons also launched by youth groups. They are W0Y-1, W0Y-11, and N7HPR-1.

UPDATE: Fantastic Saturday. We had approximately 30 kids come through and experience the hands-on the STEM experiments at the Metting Room. We experimented with Inertia and gravity, Morse Code, Visualizing Sound Waves with lasers, measured Surface tension and more.  The club has a new record: 5 metal nuts balanced on a 12" hoop successfully dropped in a long-neck bottle. Alice, 10 years young created the Alice Wonder Wave with a Toro-Flux.  More to come.

NOTICE: We will NOT launch the 2nd pico-balloon today, Sunday. A new date will be posted here.  But N4TVV-2 is afloat.   :)

Field Day, June 28 and 29, and we'll be set up at Andrew Jackson State Park in Lancaster, SC.  There'll be hands-on STEM experiments, Morse Code (CW), GMRS, VHF/UHF and HF radios. Also, we'll have an antenna set up to make contacts with satellites! Bonus: around 2pm on Saturday we'll be launching another pico-balloon. Everyone is welcome. Yal come and join the fun!!  The balloon launch will be on the campus of Van Wyck Elementary School at 4945 Charlotte Hwy, Lancaster, SC. Follow the balloons.   :)