Help needed with OTA program recording issue - multiple premature ending and high sigerr

[LeeFamily]

Below is the log for an unwatchable recording.
(There were more of the same in the log, but I truncated them for brevity's sake.)

It looks like the high sigerr rate constantly interrupted the recording.
Is this an antenna issue?

2025/01/17 07:30:00.161907 [DVR] Starting job 1737117000-27 Daytime Jeopardy on ch=[38.1]
2025/01/17 07:30:00.948231 [TNR] Opened connection to 1095345C/0 for ch38.1 WSBK-TV
2025/01/17 07:30:00.948859 [DVR] Recording for job 1737117000-27 from 1095345C ch38.1 into "TV/Daytime Jeopardy/Daytime Jeopardy S41E65 2024-12-06 2025-01-17-0730.mpg" for 29m59.837898829s
2025/01/17 07:30:01.903513 [IDX] Generating video index for job 1737117000-27
2025/01/17 07:32:24.799602 [TNR] Closing connection 1095345C/0 ch38.1 after no data was received for 6s
2025/01/17 07:32:24.809936 [TNR] Closed connection to 1095345C/0 for ch38.1 WSBK-TV
2025/01/17 07:32:24.960218 [SNR] Signal statistics for "TV/Daytime Jeopardy/Daytime Jeopardy S41E65 2024-12-06 2025-01-17-0730.mpg": ss=65%,64%-66% snq=47%,0%-56% seq=55%,0%-100% bps=8689730,0-13614208 pps=743,0-1165 sigerr=70%
2025/01/17 07:32:25.144671 [SNR] Buffer statistics for "TV/Daytime Jeopardy/Daytime Jeopardy S41E65 2024-12-06 2025-01-17-0730.mpg": buf=0% drop=0%
2025/01/17 07:32:25.149508 [DVR] Job 1737117000-27 Daytime Jeopardy ended prematurely: 27m34.850497073s
2025/01/17 07:44:47.005307 [DVR] Starting job 1737117000-27 Daytime Jeopardy on ch=[38.1]
2025/01/17 07:44:50.534244 [TNR] Opened connection to 1095345C/0 for ch38.1 WSBK-TV
2025/01/17 07:44:50.534465 [DVR] Recording for job 1737117000-27 from 1095345C ch38.1 into "TV/Daytime Jeopardy/Daytime Jeopardy S41E65 2024-12-06 2025-01-17-0730.mpg" for 15m12.994534618s
2025/01/17 07:48:50.351263 [TNR] Closing connection 1095345C/0 ch38.1 after no data was received for 6s
2025/01/17 07:48:50.362246 [TNR] Closed connection to 1095345C/0 for ch38.1 WSBK-TV
2025/01/17 07:48:50.584955 [SNR] Signal statistics for "TV/Daytime Jeopardy/Daytime Jeopardy S41E65 2024-12-06 2025-01-17-0730.mpg": ss=65%,64%-66% snq=47%,0%-57% seq=54%,0%-100% bps=8270382,0-12606528 pps=706,0-1080 sigerr=63%
2025/01/17 07:48:50.785429 [SNR] Buffer statistics for "TV/Daytime Jeopardy/Daytime Jeopardy S41E65 2024-12-06 2025-01-17-0730.mpg": buf=0% drop=0%
2025/01/17 07:48:50.785691 [DVR] Job 1737117000-27 Daytime Jeopardy ended prematurely: 11m9.214310974s
2025/01/17 07:48:50.848438 [DVR] Starting job 1737117000-27 Daytime Jeopardy on ch=[38.1]
2025/01/17 07:48:51.786038 [TNR] Opened connection to 1095345C/0 for ch38.1 WSBK-TV
2025/01/17 07:48:51.786397 [DVR] Recording for job 1737117000-27 from 1095345C ch38.1 into "TV/Daytime Jeopardy/Daytime Jeopardy S41E65 2024-12-06 2025-01-17-0730.mpg" for 11m9.151382445s
2025/01/17 07:49:12.135962 [TNR] Closing connection 1095345C/0 ch38.1 after no data was received for 6s
2025/01/17 07:49:12.146803 [TNR] Closed connection to 1095345C/0 for ch38.1 WSBK-TV
2025/01/17 07:49:12.332957 [SNR] Signal statistics for "TV/Daytime Jeopardy/Daytime Jeopardy S41E65 2024-12-06 2025-01-17-0730.mpg": ss=65%-66% snq=30%,0%-52% seq=7%,0%-55% bps=5438163,0-9586496 pps=462,0-820 sigerr=100%
2025/01/17 07:49:12.497667 [SNR] Buffer statistics for "TV/Daytime Jeopardy/Daytime Jeopardy S41E65 2024-12-06 2025-01-17-0730.mpg": buf=0% drop=0%
2025/01/17 07:49:12.497929 [DVR] Job 1737117000-27 Daytime Jeopardy ended prematurely: 10m47.502072217s
2025/01/17 07:49:12.621686 [DVR] Starting job 1737117000-27 Daytime Jeopardy on ch=[38.1]
2025/01/17 07:49:22.628864 [ERR] Failed to start stream on channel 38.1 via 1095345C: HDHomeRun: No Video Data
2025/01/17 07:49:22.645094 [DVR] Error running job 1737117000-27 Daytime Jeopardy: could not start stream on channels=[38.1]: HDHomeRun: No Video Data
2025/01/17 07:49:24.031166 [DVR] Starting job 1737117000-27 Daytime Jeopardy on ch=[38.1]
2025/01/17 07:49:24.735509 [TNR] Opened connection to 1095345C/0 for ch38.1 WSBK-TV
2025/01/17 07:49:24.735754 [DVR] Recording for job 1737117000-27 from 1095345C ch38.1 into "TV/Daytime Jeopardy/Daytime Jeopardy S41E65 2024-12-06 2025-01-17-0730.mpg" for 10m35.968662906s
2025/01/17 08:00:00.048190 [TNR] Closed connection to 1095345C/0 for ch38.1 WSBK-TV
2025/01/17 08:00:00.262237 [SNR] Signal statistics for "TV/Daytime Jeopardy/Daytime Jeopardy S41E65 2024-12-06 2025-01-17-0730.mpg": ss=65%,64%-66% snq=52%,0%-57% seq=75%,0%-100% bps=9054705,0-13429216 pps=774,0-1149 sigerr=40%
2025/01/17 08:00:00.457334 [SNR] Buffer statistics for "TV/Daytime Jeopardy/Daytime Jeopardy S41E65 2024-12-06 2025-01-17-0730.mpg": buf=0% drop=0%
2025/01/17 08:00:00.457573 [DVR] Finished job 1737117000-27 Daytime Jeopardy

[chDVRuser]

Could be antenna. It's an OTA reception problem.
Look at your [SNR] Signal statistics reported by your HDHomeRun

2025/01/17 07:32:24.960218 [SNR] Signal statistics for "TV/Daytime Jeopardy/Daytime Jeopardy S41E65 2024-12-06 2025-01-17-0730.mpg": ss=65%,64%-66% snq=47%,0%-56% seq=55%,0%-100% bps=8689730,0-13614208 pps=743,0-1165 sigerr=70%
2025/01/17 07:48:50.584955 [SNR] Signal statistics for "TV/Daytime Jeopardy/Daytime Jeopardy S41E65 2024-12-06 2025-01-17-0730.mpg": ss=65%,64%-66% snq=47%,0%-57% seq=54%,0%-100% bps=8270382,0-12606528 pps=706,0-1080 sigerr=63%
2025/01/17 07:49:12.332957 [SNR] Signal statistics for "TV/Daytime Jeopardy/Daytime Jeopardy S41E65 2024-12-06 2025-01-17-0730.mpg": ss=65%-66%     snq=30%,0%-52% seq=7%,0%-55%   bps=5438163,0-9586496  pps=462,0-820  sigerr=100%
2025/01/17 08:00:00.262237 [SNR] Signal statistics for "TV/Daytime Jeopardy/Daytime Jeopardy S41E65 2024-12-06 2025-01-17-0730.mpg": ss=65%,64%-66% snq=52%,0%-57% seq=75%,0%-100% bps=9054705,0-13429216 pps=774,0-1149 sigerr=40%

Your snq (Signal to Noise ratio) is too low and drops to 0, resulting in your seq (Symbol Quality) being too low and dropping to 0.

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[LeeFamily]

The antenna has been moved to a better location.

The recordings from this morning came out fine, but the ones from last evening were all unwatchable.
Below is the log for one of them.
This time, it is plagued by high "neterr" rates.

Can I assume that it's a network issue this time?
At the new antenna location, an ethernet port is out of reach, so I had to rely on wifi to connect the router and the HDHR.
My reasonable guess is that the heavily congested wifi during the evening, when everyone in my family was streaming, must have triggered it.

2025/01/17 19:30:01.110501 [DVR] Recording for job 1737160200-27 from 1095345C ch4.1 into "TV/Jeopardy!/Jeopardy! S41E95 S40 Champions Wildcard 2025-01-17-1930.mpg" for 29m59.998696111s
2025/01/17 19:37:02.562241 [TNR] Closing connection 1095345C/0 ch4.1 after no data was received for 6s
2025/01/17 19:37:02.580355 [TNR] Closed connection to 1095345C/0 for ch4.1 WBZ-DT
2025/01/17 19:37:02.673876 [SNR] Signal statistics for "TV/Jeopardy!/Jeopardy! S41E95 S40 Champions Wildcard 2025-01-17-1930.mpg": ss=72%-73% snq=71%,69%-75% seq=100% bps=12677483,7217696-14673024 pps=59,0-87 neterr=97%
2025/01/17 19:37:02.856171 [SNR] Buffer statistics for "TV/Jeopardy!/Jeopardy! S41E95 S40 Champions Wildcard 2025-01-17-1930.mpg": buf=0% drop=0%
2025/01/17 19:37:02.857570 [DVR] Job 1737160200-27 Jeopardy! ended prematurely: 22m57.142432737s
2025/01/17 19:37:03.092312 [DVR] Starting job 1737160200-27 Jeopardy! on ch=[4.1]
2025/01/17 19:37:03.498885 [TNR] Opened connection to 1095345C/0 for ch4.1 WBZ-DT
2025/01/17 19:37:03.499109 [DVR] Recording for job 1737160200-27 from 1095345C ch4.1 into "TV/Jeopardy!/Jeopardy! S41E95 S40 Champions Wildcard 2025-01-17-1930.mpg" for 22m56.907518841s
2025/01/17 20:00:00.463732 [TNR] Closed connection to 1095345C/0 for ch4.1 WBZ-DT
2025/01/17 20:00:00.694673 [SNR] Signal statistics for "TV/Jeopardy!/Jeopardy! S41E95 S40 Champions Wildcard 2025-01-17-1930.mpg": ss=71%-73% snq=64%,61%-68% seq=100% bps=12613460,11958304-13238208 pps=59,0-736 neterr=98%
2025/01/17 20:00:00.908354 [SNR] Buffer statistics for "TV/Jeopardy!/Jeopardy! S41E95 S40 Champions Wildcard 2025-01-17-1930.mpg": buf=0% drop=0%
2025/01/17 20:00:00.908634 [DVR] Finished job 1737160200-27 Jeopardy!

[chDVRuser]

@LeeFamily

Can I assume that it's a network issue this time?
At the new antenna location, an ethernet port is out of reach, so I had to rely on wifi to connect the router and the HDHR.
My reasonable guess is that the heavily congested wifi during the evening, when everyone in my family was streaming, must have triggered it.

Most likely the cause.
Using one of the tuners on your HDHR you can run a test for network packet loss.
https://info.hdhomerun.com/info/troubleshooting:network_packet_loss#troubleshooting_network_packet_loss

Cancelling stream after no data was received for 6s

@Dinki If you want to run that low level packet loss test, here is what I put together a few years ago. It's a windows cmd file, but could be adapted for a Mac

Low level test for HDHR tuner network packet loss.cmd

@echo off echo Low level test for HDHR tuner network packet loss echo. echo You should see a series of dots, one per second. echo "n" indicates network packet loss. "t" indicates a reception error. "s" is sequence error. echo. echo Example output: echo ..…

If you have coax cable between your DVR server and the HDHR you could use a MOCA bridge instead of WiFi. I would never put WiFi between my HDHR and DVR server, and I don't trust Powerline ethernet adapters as they ruin electrical switches with micro-arcing (personal experience).