why not wrap the film canister in black electrical tape.
You can get a shrink wrap version from Radio Shack.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 10:00 PM
Subject: GAP Titan Failure -- The Final Story


> Hi.
>
> Looking through some old messages that needed to be cleaned out of my In
> box, I realized that I never did pass along what I found with the GAP
> Titan.  It turned out that when we got the antenna down where we could
> look
> at it, it was quickly obvious that it wasn't a lightning related
> problem.  The problem was that the weather cap had been knocked off the
> antenna at some point in time and when the antenna is used for
> transmission
> while the capacitor in the top of the antenna is wet, it usually flashes
> over and destroys the capacitor.  I ended up replacing the capacitor and
> then used a 35 mm film can to make a temporary weather cap.  I know that
> I'll have to fashion something else because the film cans will break down
> quickly with UV light exposure.  Too bad because the film can was just the
> right diameter.  Does anyone have any good ideas for sealing this thing up
> once and for all?
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> Louis Kim Kline
> A.R.S. K2LKK
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