[mythtvnz] Recent FreeviewHD DVB-T "reception" issues on TV3/Prime

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Subject: [mythtvnz] Recent FreeviewHD DVB-T "reception" issues on TV3/Prime


> Hello all,
> 
> I've been using FreeviewHD with VDPAU and a Hauppauge HVR 2200 for quite
> some time without incident.
> 
> Since Friday last week, TV3 and Prime have shown some moderately-bad
> issues (multicoloured squares taking up large amounts of the screen, motion
> moving through previous pictures (suggesting to me that a keyframe has been
> lost) and other issues that remind me of Sky digital in appalling weather)
> in recorded programs and Live TV. I haven't seen the issues on the other
> channels. There was bad weather on Saturday, but it seems to still be bad
> this morning when the weather was fine (only on those channels). Nothing
> has changed at a hardware level. At some point, my Linux kernel appears to
> have updated itself as a security update (though I hadn't updated when it
> started).
> 
> I would be keen to hear if anyone else has had any issues, or if you know
> of anything that TV3 and Prime have in common that One and TV2 (the other
> channels that I watch frequently) do not. I can always up the masthead
> amplifier, but it wasn't necessary prior to this weekend.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 

I wonder if this is a sign of water in the balun or similar deterioration on the antenna or in the lead from the antenna?