New In The Ham Shack: Mercury Automatic Antenna Tuner

I bought a KM3KM Mercury automatic antenna tuner and the IIIs solid-state amplifier. In this video, I cover the company and the installation of the antenna tuner. In my next video, I install the amplifier.
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[@lowcountryhdrider7644]

Thanks Randy! We'll done and informative.

[@Andy2e0ree]

Great show Randy looks a nice Amp

[@CarlosGonzalez-qn6qu]

gracias por el video randy

[@K1DTC]

Hope you are well Randy -K1DTC really looking forward to seeing the amp work. Similar to the Palstar it’s seems.

[@K7AGE]

I am fine. You?

[@DK5ONV]

WOOOW...what a kickass Purchase Randy. Looking forward for the Video to come with the Mercury Ampplifier on your Shack Table. Happy Weekend & 73 de YFUG 💯🔔🔔🔔👍🙋‍♂

[@K7AGE]

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[@DK5ONV]

@@K7AGE Tnx Randy

[@TingILi]

No Kenwood cable?

[@bruce5497]

Randy on your km3km amp and tuner the beep that you love appears to be able to be turned off. I looked at both manuals amp and tuner says that you have to have the button off which is color dark blue. In your video I believe you have the beep button on which is a gold color and says ON. Just looking to help I hope that it works 73's Bruce W4HAM

[@K7AGE]

Hi, on my amp and tuner, turning the beep off only controls the operational alerts, not the power on beep. Maybe newer software?

[@peterm5853]

Hi Randy, when using an Icom AH4 remote tuner, one presses the Tune button on the radio, 7300 here, to tune. Does the Mercury support using the tune button on the Icom in addition to the control on the Mercury? N6ERL

[@K7AGE]

Yes. When the radio goes into TUNE by pressing either the radio’s or tuner’s button, the radio drops to the low power output during tuning. Internal and external tuners work the same. If the Mercury tuner is turned off, the radio’s tuner is the automatically used. Neat.

[@melming8751]

How did you make the power on/off switch for the tuner?

[@K7AGE]

Switch in a little box in series with the power cable.

[@dannoland3133]

You manually reset your 7610 to a lower output to tune rather than using the Icom "Tuner" button. Does that mean that this is NOT fully compatible with the Icom Tuner buttons?

[@K7AGE]

I don’t lower the 7610’s power for tuning. When the radio goes into TUNE by pressing either the radio’s or tuner’s button, the radio drops to the low power output during tuning. Internal and external tuners work the same. If the Mercury tuner is turned off, the radio’s tuner is the automatically used. Neat.

[@kevinkc3onohelijeepworld953]

Sadly that tuner is missing the most important part 😮the balance feed studs 🤔 what about the smart hams that are feeding with balance feed line to diminish losses 🤔 excluding these hams won’t gain popularity 😊

[@K7AGE]

There are other tuners available that offer balanced connection.

[@kevinkc3onohelijeepworld953]

@@K7AGE thank you Randy but every solid state amp released so far doesn’t and they need to rethink that in my honest opinion ☺️ congrats on the amp, I hear they work great and leave a little head room 😉1kw is all that’s really needed ☺️