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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
KPA1500+ W Solid State Amplifier

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability 10 ppm (-10 to +50C.) ?
Tuning steps 0.05 / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.5 / 1 / 2 / 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 150 / 200 / 250 / 500 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-2150 MHz (less cellular in the US) -
Modulations AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB   -
Sensitivity 0.1-5 MHz: 1.5V AM, 0.6V CW/SSB
5-900 MHz: 1.0V AM, 0.5V CW/SSB
900-2150 MHz: 1V AM, 2V NFM, 4V W-FM
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Selectivity SSB/CW ? kHz, AM/N-FM ? kHz, W-FM ? kHz -6 dB -
Filters ? -
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne -
IF-freqs. 1st: 814.5 /304.34 MHz
2nd: 45.05 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz (10.7 MHz W-FM)
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Image rejection ? -
Audio output ? -

Transmitter

TX-range - 160-10m + 6m
Modulations - All mode  
RF-output ? 500 W @ 40 W input

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6V DC internal or 10-16V DC external External PSU
Current RX 50-150 mA -
TX - 1500 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 200x Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 57 × 150 × 28 mm
(2.24 × 5.91 × 1.10 in)
115 × 340 × 290 mm
(4.53 × 13.39 × 11.42 in)
Weight 320 gr (11.3 oz) 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 2000 channels in 40 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Two-mode bug detector
Instant search function locks onto the nearest, strongest signal
Frequency counter
160 seconds of digital recording
Speech descrambler (excluded in US version) CTCSS
Low power transceiver function
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Accessories ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-X002000 ELECRAFT-KPA001500