Now an EMC Engineer at Dell, my previous employers include Professional Testing, Inc., an independent EMC Test Laboratory with facilities near Austin and near Marble Falls, Texas, Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, and Harris Corporation, Government Systems Sector, in Palm Bay, Florida (near Cocoa Beach).  I have been involved in Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC), Electromagnetic Interference (EMI), and related areas since 1982.  I have a BS in Information Technology and am thinking, just thinking (for now), about a masters. I am a past Chairman of the IEEE EMC Society - Central Texas Chapter, and a member of the EMC, Product Safety Engineering, Computer, and Communications societies of the IEEE.

I  do some web sites here and there. Some of them can be found linked from this page. Chickenskin is the oldest surviing site I have made- and it shows. I'll re-do it someday.

The stories here are meant for amusement only.  Little can be proven to be true. 
But... you never know.  ;-)

Fortunately, Mark and Mark of Weird NJ ran across this web site and asked me to contribute to their book, Weird Texas (Barnes & Noble), which was published in July, 2005.

Click here to see one of my hobbies (audio+video).

Another hobbie is using Linux.  OSS (SuSE) is my current distro. Don't fear the penguin.

My greatest time-killer, though, is storm spotting. I am certified by the National Weather Service as a storm spotter and am a member of a storm spotting group (Lone Star Storm Spotters Network, where I am a moderator and the net operations coordinator) and a chaser group (Texas Severe Storms Intercept, led by one of the most interesting folks you'll ever meet). I sometimes stream audio from the radio communications we have from this page. We use VHF-based ham radio to communicate and take spotter and chaser reports when severe weather is in the area. We operate on the 147.08 MHz (100 Hz tone) NA6M repeater in Georgetown (and covers a huge area).

Regarding ham radio...My call sign is KD5WML. I am secretary of the Williamson Country Amateur Radio Club (Texas) and a member of the Williamson County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES). I am one of several net controls for the ARES group, which has weekly nets on 146.64 MHz (162.2 Hz tone) in the north Austin-to-Temple area.

Thanks for visiting!

--Tim Stevens

Chickenskin