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Mobile HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
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 LW / MW / 3.9-22 / 87-108 MHz 0.54-30 MHz -
Modulations AM   W-FM Stereo   AM   CW   SSB   -
Sensitivity ? ? -
Selectivity ? ? -
Filters ? ? -
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne ? -
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 2215 kHz
2nd: 230 kHz
-
Image rejection ? ? -
Audio output ? 1 W, external speaker required -

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep - SO-239
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC 105-125V AC External PSU
Current RX ? ? -
TX - - 1500 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 1984 Between 1961 and 1965 in USA Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 568 × 268 × 120 mm
(22.36 × 10.55 × 4.72 in)
400 × 222 × 229 mm
(15.75 × 8.74 × 9.02 in)
115 × 340 × 290 mm
(4.53 × 13.39 × 11.42 in)
Weight 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) ? 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 21 channels in 1 bank(s) ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Digital readout. Clock Built-in cassette recorder ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-004000-RECORDER NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000190 ELECRAFT-KPA001500