Jim Garrett Collection
Jim Garrett has been an
electronics repair technician, broadcast technician, Chief
Engineer, audio consultant and CD re-mastering engineer.
His interest in electronics was kindled by the Alfred P.
Morgan books in his elementary school library and “Popular
Electronics” magazine. He built many projects from
these sources, which included “phono oscillators” and small
transmitters. Like so many others, he had fun with
“neighborhood” broadcasting, which led to college radio (at
UC Irvine‘s KUCI) and commercial broadcasting. Along
the way, he honed his troubleshooting skills as a consumer
electronics repair tech for a couple of years.
In the 1970s, he worked at
various California radio stations including KEZY, KWIZ AM/FM
and KYMS in Orange County. At KATY, San Luis Obispo,
he was Chief Engineer and did an evening air shift.
While serving as Chief at KWIZ, he learned of a maintenance
technician opening at KNX, Los Angeles. He was quickly
hired and worked for the CBS O&O for about nine years.
In 1989, he began consulting on audio issues for KODJ, the
CBS FM outlet in L.A. He also produced and re-mastered
a CD library for the company’s oldies stations.
Jim is on the Board of Directors
of the Southern California Antique Radio Society,
where he also oversees the club’s repair classes. Over
the years, he has amassed an interesting collection of paper
related to hobby and consumer electronics, in addition to
broadcasting. Lesser seen pamphlets, booklets,
catalogs and product information sheets are of special
interest. He is now beginning to post some of this
material on this webpage.
