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Desktop Shortwave receiver
WLAN Radio
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 150-350 / 550-1500 kHz / 1.5-22 / 88-108 MHz ? -
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   All mode   DV   -
Sensitivity ? ? -
Selectivity ? ? -
Filters ? ? -
Receiver system Single conversion ? -
IF-freqs. 465 kHz ? -
Image rejection ? ? -
Audio output 0.75 W ? -

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - SO-239
Impedance 75/400Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 6×U2 (1.5V) battery cells 12V DC ±10% External PSU
Current RX ? 1.1A max -
TX - ? 1500 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 196x and 197x in Great Britain (Birmingham) Between 2013 and 201x Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 317 × 162 × 203 mm
(12.48 × 6.38 × 7.99 in)
232 × 38 × 168 mm
(9.13 × 1.50 × 6.61 in)
115 × 340 × 290 mm
(4.53 × 13.39 × 11.42 in)
Weight ? 800 gr (1.8 lbs) 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? None
Usage Marine / Navy Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features AFC ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN EDDYSTONE-EB-000035-MK-III-(STATESMAN) ICOM-SR-VPN000001 ELECRAFT-KPA001500