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KPA1500+ W Solid State Amplifier

General

HAM bands ? ? 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 1.8-30 MHz (amateur bands) 15, 40 & 80 m -
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   CW   -
Sensitivity 2.0 µV on 1.8 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
0.3 µV on 28 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
? -
Selectivity 2.4 kHz ? -
Filters 250 / 500 / 1800 Hz ? -
Receiver system ? ? -
IF-freqs. 9 MHz ? -
Image rejection ? ? -
Audio output ? ? -

Transmitter

TX-range 1.8-30 MHz (amateur bands) 15, 40 & 80 m 160-10m + 6m
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   - All mode  
RF-output 85-100 W 2 W 500 W @ 40 W input

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-14V DC 13.8V DC External PSU
Current RX 850 mA 20 mA -
TX 18.5 A max 200 mA 1500 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 362 × 140 × 355 mm
(14.25 × 5.51 × 13.98 in)
260 × 11 × 160 mm
(10.24 × 0.43 × 6.30 in)
115 × 340 × 290 mm
(4.53 × 13.39 × 11.42 in)
Weight 6.57 kg (14.5 lbs) ? 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-OMNI-C TEN-TEC-PM-000002 ELECRAFT-KPA001500