"My name is David McKeen. Often called Dave but either is fine by me. I was born in Maine but my Dad had just got a job as a machinist at Pratt Whitney in North Haven Connecticut. So I grew up in Wallingford Connecticut. My Dad was always a tinkerer so I was always helping fix cars, TVs and radios. I decided go to technical school in Meriden Connecticut for electronics. Worked a few jobs with electronics and started night classes at the University of Hartford. I accepted a job in Southern Maryland when I was traveling there doing work on the E2-C with my job in Connecticut.

My wife Virginia was a teacher here in Maryland but is now retired. I have two kids, Andy who is currently a Civil Engineer near Baltimore. My daughter is a third grade teacher in Waldorf. And now two grandkids that we take care of during the school year since my daughter teaches and her husband, Mark is a police officer.

When the DeLorean was first announced, I always said I would own one someday. As I got older and my kids were out on their own, I decided I could afford the car and have the time to work on it. So I started looking on EBay for one to purchase. I found one and made a bid of $15,000 on it but it did not make reserve. The seller decided to accept the $15,000 after the auction ended. Pulled the cash from savings and got a co-worker to drive up to northern Jersey to get the car home. Drove it home that night. It had a dead battery but ran as long as the engine kept running. About half way home we had to stop and eat so I stopped at a car parts store and bought a new battery. Got home about 2 AM and don’t think I slept all night.

I discovered DMCtalk after I pulled my AC all apart to open the drain. My name Bitsyncmaster was chosen because I have been developing and perfecting a bit synchronizer for the last 25 years. I am the inventor on a patent for it. The bit synchronizer is used in telemetry for military aircraft, commercial applications and space data links. What it does is filter noisy data, decode it and provide clean data and clock so software systems can use the data.

My other interests have been flying model airplanes, wood working, and machining metal parts. The model planes stopped and I got my privet pilot license. I started to build an experimental airplane from plans but that got to be an endless project so it stopped when I bought my DeLorean.

A few weeks ago 6 employees got called into a meeting at work. Turns out we were chosen to be laid off when our division of Wyle got sold to another company. I guess my 30 years there did not carry any weight. So now I’m 61 years old, had a six figure salary and nobody wants to hire this old man. Thinking of just retiring and maybe doing odd jobs to keep some income."



Congratulations, Dave!