{"id":44043,"date":"2020-06-28T07:10:52","date_gmt":"2020-06-28T11:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=44043"},"modified":"2020-06-28T07:10:52","modified_gmt":"2020-06-28T11:10:52","slug":"the-allocchio-bacchini-rf4d-that-mystery-radio-from-the-last-man-on-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/the-allocchio-bacchini-rf4d-that-mystery-radio-from-the-last-man-on-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"The Allocchio Bacchini RF4D: That mystery radio from \u201cThe Last Man on Earth\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-Last-Man-On-Earth.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44018\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-Last-Man-On-Earth.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-Last-Man-On-Earth.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-Last-Man-On-Earth-300x161.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-Last-Man-On-Earth-1024x550.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-Last-Man-On-Earth-768x413.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-Last-Man-On-Earth-624x335.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Andrew, who correctly identified the radio <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/help-ed-identify-this-mystery-radio-in-the-last-man-on-earth\/\">Ed spotted in <em>The Last Man On Earth <\/em><\/a>as the <strong>Allocchio Bacchini RF4D. <\/strong>Andrew shared the following notes and links:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>That radio is an Allocchio Bacchini RF4D (see photo below <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angetmi.it\/anget%20news\/Anget%20BS%20Montichiari\/2016-03-12%20Montichiari%20foto%20Leo%20Di%20P\/20160312%2007%20Montichiari%20RF4D%20comun%20aerei%20G%202043%20Allocchio%20Bacchini.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">from this site<\/a>):<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20160312-07-Montichiari-RF4D-comun-aerei-G-2043-Allocchio-Bacchini-e1593341808753.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44052\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20160312-07-Montichiari-RF4D-comun-aerei-G-2043-Allocchio-Bacchini-e1593341808753.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/92G4_sHaEM4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a snippet<\/a> from an Italian movie showing the same rig:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/92G4_sHaEM4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Another pic and notes can be seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qsl.net\/ik0moz\/re_rf_series.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">scrolling down this page<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Year :<\/strong> 1940<br \/>\n<strong>TX Frequency Range :<\/strong> 1,270 &#8211; 4,300 kHz in 3 bands<br \/>\n<strong>RX Frequency range :<\/strong> 220 &#8211; 4,400 kHz in 5 bands<br \/>\n<strong>Facilities :<\/strong> CW and RT<br \/>\n<strong>Receiver Circuit (Valves) :<\/strong> Superhet. 7 tubes type 6RV (same as RF 4)<br \/>\n<strong>Transmitter Circuit (Valves):<\/strong> MO(P C05), PA (2x P CO5) Mod.(3x 6RV)<br \/>\n<strong>RF Output :<\/strong> 25 W<br \/>\n<strong>Aerial :<\/strong> Dipole<br \/>\n<strong>Power supply :<\/strong> 12 V storage batteries. Mains for battery charger.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/rf4d-e1593342122612.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44053\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/rf4d-e1593342122612.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"589\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qrz.com\/db\/i5hgm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">And here<\/a> you&#8217;ll find the shack of an Italian ham which shows an RF4D:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_44054\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/rf4d-e1593342237547.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44054\" class=\"wp-image-44054 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/rf4d-e1593342237547.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: I5HGM<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>Further info and schematics <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carlobramantiradio.it\/militari2.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">can be found here<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/z-rf4m-4-e1593342350779.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44055\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/z-rf4m-4-e1593342350779.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"639\" \/><\/a>Wow! Thank you so much, Andrew! I would love someday to operate an original RF4D.\u00a0 What a fascinating WWII era radio. Thank you again for all of the details!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Post readers:<\/strong> I&#8217;m very curious if anyone here owns or has owned an RF4D.\u00a0 Please comment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Andrew, who correctly identified the radio Ed spotted in The Last Man On Earth as the Allocchio Bacchini RF4D. Andrew shared the following notes and links: That radio is an Allocchio Bacchini RF4D (see photo below from this site): Here&#8217;s a snippet from an Italian movie showing the same [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1271,3,305,43,4796],"tags":[8621,7880,162,5506,8622,681,676,2814],"class_list":["post-44043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boat-anchors-2","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-shortwave-radio","category-vintage-radio","tag-allocchio-bacchini-rf4d","tag-grayhat","tag-military-radios","tag-radios-in-movies","tag-rf4d","tag-vintage-radio","tag-wwii","tag-wwii-radios"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-bsn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29999,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/the-minerva-tropic-master-a-portable-wwii-era-morale-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":44043,"position":0},"title":"The Minerva Tropic Master: a portable WWII era morale radio","author":"Thomas","date":"January 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"If you're a regular here on the SWLing Post, you've no doubt discovered that I'm a fan of vintage radios. 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