The Connect Quick system has been developed from my interest in Amateur Radio Contesting.

When we are setting up a contest station there is an enormous amount of work to do in a very short time in order to get on the air during the allowed hours of the contest.  Our group is developing methods and procedures that simplify the process and are repeatable.

The plates in the Connect Quick allow you to pre-mount them onto the mast and booms of the antennas so that they can be quickly attached in a matter of seconds.  This means no more fumbling with U-bolts and their nuts and washers while you are on the mountaintop!  Rather you can have them properly positioned for balance and antenna polarity back home before you leave. Just place the two plates together with their interlocking bolts, twist 14 degrees and the spring loaded pin will drop in place to hold them.  It's that easy!

To remove them you reverse the process by pulling out on the pin, rotate counterclockwise and extract the bolts from their keyhole slots. 

The plates will accommodate from 3/4" to 2" diameter tubing.  You supply the U bolts in your material of choice.

Boom plates, whether they are for horizontal or vertical, will fit any mast plate so you can interchange them or have different boom mounts that attach to the same mast mount.  We suggest the use of v blocks, or similar cradles, between the tubing and the plate.

This will help you to not over-torque the nuts which will bend the plates.  We also like the flanged nuts with a serrated locking surface.

The plates are aluminum with stainless steel bolts and the spring pin assembly is tool steel that has been electroplated with copper and then nickel.