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KPA1500+ W Solid State Amplifier

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ≤ 1 kHz per °C temperature change after 15 minutes warm-up ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + 14 additional 200 kHz crystal positions 150-180 / 180-220 / 220-270 / 270-330 / 330-400 / 400-500 MHz -
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   -
Sensitivity ? Better than 10 µV (S/N 15 dB) -
Selectivity ? 20 kHz @ -6 dB / 50 kHz @ -20 dB -
Filters ? ? -
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne -
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 50 MHz
2nd: 5.2 MHz
-
Image rejection ? ? -
Audio output Requires external speaker 2.5 W -

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) - SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 75Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains (100; 200; 230 V) External PSU
Current RX ? 90 VA -
TX - - 1500 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1975 in USA Between 1964 and 1969 in Great Britain Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 375 × 197 × 317 mm
(14.76 × 7.76 × 12.48 in)
425 × 222 × 346 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 13.62 in)
115 × 340 × 290 mm
(4.53 × 13.39 × 11.42 in)
Weight 9.10 kg (20.1 lbs) 23.60 kg (52.1 lbs) 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 14 channels in 1 bank(s) ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features S-Meter
Preselector
100 kHz Crystal Calibrator
Rejection Tuning
AGC OFF/SLO/FST
BFO and Fiduciary Adjust
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000075S-3C EDDYSTONE-000770U-/-MKII ELECRAFT-KPA001500