[Premium-Rx] rare and unusual marconi marlin?

[GandalfG8 at aol.com]

It's an Eddystone 1560R, the receiver section only of the Eddystone 1560  
Transceiver which also sold as the Marconi Marine Marlin.
 
It's an interesting enough marine receiver of its day but a bit quirky and  
certainly not one I'd call "premium".
 
The VFO tunes it as an AM broadcast receiver from 180 to 535KHz  and 535 to 
1600KHz in two ranges, but it was mainly intended to be  used as an SSB 
channelised system with 30 user specified channels in  the MF marine band 
between 1.6 and 4.25MHz plus the 2182KHz emergency  channel.
 
The channnel information was set up in a one time programmable Prom with a  
preset capacitor for each frequency.
 
I've got one with the Prom missing that I'd been planning to  get going 
just on the VFO but it needs a bit more TLC to get to that stage  and a 
shortage of information hasn't helped.
 
There's a very limited partial manual available and I've got some internal  
photos I took of mine a while back that will provide a bit more detail 
than's  shown in that auction, and nope that's nothing to do with me either:-), 
and  I could make these available for download if anyone is interested.
 
Regards
 
Nigel
GM8PZR
 
 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 09/01/2013 21:16:41 GMT Standard Time,  
steve at engineroom.free-online.co.uk writes:

Hello  people,Just spotted tis on the e place Marconi MARLIN radio HF 
maritime  commercial HF receiver  (Eddystone?)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Marconi-MARLIN-radio-HF-maritine-commercial-HF-rec
eiver-Eddystone-/400379927671?pt=UK_Mobile_Phones_Communication_Ham_Radio_Re
ceivers_Transceivers&hash=item5d3880dc77

It's  not mine i'm not plugging it but wondered if this qualifies as a 
premium  rx mind be a fun project for someone though haven't seen one of 
these  before i would say it's extyremely rare

73's  Steve

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