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KPA1500+ W Solid State Amplifier
Desktop Shortwave receiver
1 kW Linear Amplifier

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)  10m  2000m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? 0.1 p.p.m. ?
Tuning steps ? 0.01 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range - 10 kHz - 30 MHz 1.8-70 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB   All mode   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity - ? ?
Selectivity - ? ?
Filters - 150 / 250 / 400 / 750 Hz / 1.25 / 3.2 / 8.0 kHz ?
Receiver system - ? ?
IF-freqs. - ? ?
Image rejection - ? ?
Audio output - ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 160-10m + 6m - 1.8-70 MHz
Modulations All mode   - All mode   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output 500 W @ 40 W input ? 1 kW @ 50 W input

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC N-type
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. External PSU Mains Mains, internal PSU, 200-260 V AC
Current RX - ? ?
TX 1500 W - 13 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2017 and 20xx in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain Between 2017 and 20xx in Germany
Dimensions 115 × 340 × 290 mm
(4.53 × 13.39 × 11.42 in)
483 × × mm
(19.02 × 0.00 × 0.00 in)
425 × 459 × 173 mm
(16.73 × 18.07 × 6.81 in)
Weight 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs) ? 19.80 kg (43.7 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Interfaces: RS-232, CI-V, USB
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ELECRAFT-KPA001500 RACAL-RA-006778C HILBERLING-HPA-008000B