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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver
KPA1500+ W Solid State Amplifier

General

HAM bands ? 2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability 10 ppm (-10 to +50C.) ? ?
Tuning steps 0.05 / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.5 / 1 / 2 / 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 150 / 200 / 250 / 500 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-2150 MHz (less cellular in the US) 137-174 MHz -
Modulations AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB   FM   -
Sensitivity 0.1-5 MHz: 1.5V AM, 0.6V CW/SSB
5-900 MHz: 1.0V AM, 0.5V CW/SSB
900-2150 MHz: 1V AM, 2V NFM, 4V W-FM
? -
Selectivity SSB/CW ? kHz, AM/N-FM ? kHz, W-FM ? kHz -6 dB ? -
Filters ? ? -
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? -
IF-freqs. 1st: 814.5 /304.34 MHz
2nd: 45.05 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz (10.7 MHz W-FM)
? -
Image rejection ? ? -
Audio output ? ? -

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz (Europe) 160-10m + 6m
Modulations - FM   All mode  
RF-output ? Max 5 W 500 W @ 40 W input

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6V DC internal or 10-16V DC external ?V DC External PSU
Current RX 50-150 mA ? -
TX - ? 1500 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 200x Between 2005 and 200x Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 57 × 150 × 28 mm
(2.24 × 5.91 × 1.10 in)
? 115 × 340 × 290 mm
(4.53 × 13.39 × 11.42 in)
Weight 320 gr (11.3 oz) ? 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 2000 channels in 40 bank(s) 1010 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Two-mode bug detector
Instant search function locks onto the nearest, strongest signal
Frequency counter
160 seconds of digital recording
Speech descrambler (excluded in US version) CTCSS
Low power transceiver function
Dual watch. ARTS. Submersible ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-X002000 YAESU-VX-000170 ELECRAFT-KPA001500