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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
KPA1500+ W Solid State Amplifier
Base Station CB Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 20-160 m in 5 bands - 26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   - AM   FM  
Sensitivity < 0.3 µV (10 dB S/N) - AM: < 1 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM: < 1 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity 2.7 kHz (-6 dB), 4.3 kHz (-60 dB) - 7 kHz @ -6 dB / 10 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters ? - ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne - Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 5.52 MHz - 1st: 10.695 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection 60 dB - 80 dB
Audio output 2 W at 10% distortion / 3 ohms - 4 W max

Transmitter

TX-range 20-160 m in 5 bands 160-10m + 6m 26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   All mode   AM   FM  
RF-output 180 W (PEP input) 500 W @ 40 W input 4 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC External PSU Mains / 12 V DC
Current RX 0.3-0.5 A - 1.1 A
TX Max 16 A 1500 W 1.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1974 and 197x Between 2017 and 20xx in USA Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 240 × 90 × 250 mm
(9.45 × 3.54 × 9.84 in)
115 × 340 × 290 mm
(4.53 × 13.39 × 11.42 in)
210 × 90 × 240 mm
(8.27 × 3.54 × 9.45 in)
Weight 3.40 kg (7.5 lbs) 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs) 3.00 kg (6.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None None 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ATLAS-000180 ELECRAFT-KPA001500 INTEK-B-003104AF