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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Speaker
KPA1500+ W Solid State Amplifier

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-32 MHz - -
Modulations AM   CW   - -
Sensitivity AM: 5-9 µV
CW: 2-3 µV
? -
Selectivity ? ? -
Filters ? ? -
Receiver system Double / triple conversion, 25 tubes ? -
IF-freqs. ? ? -
Image rejection ? ? -
Audio output ? ? -

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 25-28V DC 12~15 V DC External PSU
Current RX 3 A max 500 mA -
TX - - 1500 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 195x and 195x in USA Between 199x and 199x in Great Britain Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 283 × 293 × 352 mm
(11.14 × 11.54 × 13.86 in)
185 × 80 × 175 mm
(7.28 × 3.15 × 6.89 in)
115 × 340 × 290 mm
(4.53 × 13.39 × 11.42 in)
Weight 23.70 kg (52.3 lbs) ? 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? None
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-R-000392/URR LOWE-SP-000150 ELECRAFT-KPA001500