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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
KPA1500+ W Solid State Amplifier
VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 12.5 / 25 / 50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m - 25-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   - AM   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity 0.3 µV (10 dB S/N) - AM/FM
25-1000 MHz: 0.5 µV
1000-1300 MHz: 3 µV
W-FM
25-1000 MHz: 3 µV
1000-1300 MHz: 15 µV
Selectivity AM/SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW with optional filter: 600 Hz (-6 dB), 1.2 kHz (-60 dB)
- ?
Filters ? - ?
Receiver system ? - Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? - 1st: 225.4125 MHz
2nd: 45 MHz
3rd: 455 KHz
Image rejection ? - ?
Audio output ? - Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m 160-10m + 6m -
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   All mode   -
RF-output 100 W 500 W @ 40 W input ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 BNC
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC or mains External PSU 13.8V DC
Current RX 600 mA - Max 500 mA
TX Max 21 A 1500 W -

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 19xx in Japan Between 2017 and 20xx in USA Between 200x and 200x
Dimensions ? 115 × 340 × 290 mm
(4.53 × 13.39 × 11.42 in)
232 × 90 × 210 mm
(9.13 × 3.54 × 8.27 in)
Weight ? 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs) 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None 500 channels in 10 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000101EE ELECRAFT-KPA001500 GRE-GRECOM-PSR-000225