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Handheld VHF Transceiver
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KPA1500+ W Solid State Amplifier

General

HAM bands 2m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ≤ 15 Hz per °C after 30 minutes warmup ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 144-148 MHz 1.8-30 MHz (amateur bands) -
Modulations FM   CW   USB   LSB   -
Sensitivity ? 2.0 µV on 1.8 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
0.3 µV on 28 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
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Selectivity ? 2.4 kHz -
Filters ? 250 / 500 / 1800 Hz -
Receiver system XTAL ? -
IF-freqs. ? 9 MHz -
Image rejection ? ? -
Audio output ? ? -

Transmitter

TX-range 144-148 MHz 1.8-30 MHz (amateur bands) 160-10m + 6m
Modulations FM   CW   USB   LSB   All mode  
RF-output 1 W 85-100 W 500 W @ 40 W input

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12-14V DC External PSU
Current RX 45 mA 850 mA -
TX 650 mA 18.5 A max 1500 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 197x Between 1981 and 19xx Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 135 × 58 × 181 mm
(5.31 × 2.28 × 7.13 in)
362 × 140 × 355 mm
(14.25 × 5.51 × 13.98 in)
115 × 340 × 290 mm
(4.53 × 13.39 × 11.42 in)
Weight 1.70 kg (3.8 lbs) 10 × NiCd and mic included 6.57 kg (14.5 lbs) 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 6 channels in 1 bank(s) ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-TR-000022 TEN-TEC-OMNI-C ELECRAFT-KPA001500