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KPA1500+ W Solid State Amplifier
Station Monitor
VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  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 - 1.8-54 MHz 25-1300 MHz
Modulations - All mode   AM   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity - 1/4" vertical deflection at 10 W (80-6m)
3/4" vertical deflection at 100 W (80-6m)
1/4" vertical deflection at 100 W (160m)
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 - ? ?
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 160-10m + 6m ? -
Modulations All mode   All mode   -
RF-output 500 W @ 40 W input ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. External PSU Mains 13.8V DC
Current RX - 22 W max Max 500 mA
TX 1500 W ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2017 and 20xx in USA Between 1985 and 198x in USA Between 200x and 200x
Dimensions 115 × 340 × 290 mm
(4.53 × 13.39 × 11.42 in)
286 × 111 × 308 mm
(11.26 × 4.37 × 12.13 in)
232 × 90 × 210 mm
(9.13 × 3.54 × 8.27 in)
Weight 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs) 4.80 kg (10.6 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 ELECRAFT-KPA001500 HEATHKIT-HO-005404 GRE-GRECOM-PSR-000225