[Elecraft] DK9SQ Pole Modification

[KT5X]

I use one of the squeeze to open things for grasping two cords on a backpack.  A large one has a hole big enough slide down the tip a foot or two.  I attached a wire loop to that from which to hang things.

I have also glued such a device to a piece of plastic that was serving as a center insulator of a dipole allowing easy on and off, and high installation of a lightweight QRP dipole.

One debates remains in my mind.  If I put a G5RV on there, does the pole contain carbon?  In other words, must the vertical radiator be pulled away from a DK9SQ pole?  I have heard both that it does, and that it doesn't, and would like to know in fact, does this pole contain carbon fibers that absorb RF, or not???

HNY and 73,  Fred - kt5x