Marine Receiver – ALLOCCHIO BACCHINI AC14

Produced in Italy at the beginning of 40’s remained in service for long time in ground and maritime mobile radio stations.

Frequency coverage from 75KHz to 20MHz in eight overlapping bands. RF amplifier stage. Band switching drum containing the tuning coils and band adjusting components of RF and converter stages. Mechanical band-spread. Three IF transformer sets, 65KHz, 380KHz and 590KHz, the selection depending upon the band.
Two headphone sets and an external speaker could be connected to the receiver. External power supply.

6 tubes: ECH3 ECH3 ECH3 ECH3 ECH3 GR150

Below the radio room picture of Italian Ocean Liner “GIULIO CESARE”, the receiver is on the left:

Video by IZ1FID OM Federico Baldi: