Bad pixelation on all 3 Sky +HD boxes

I'm get bad pixelation / no picture on the same channels on all 3 boxes. Signal strengths/quality varies but the channels are 419, 426 (but 458 is OK), 428, 508, 510, 513, 514, 515, 522.Installation is under warranty. Do I need an engineer?

Cancelled engineer . Worked out that it was growth on top of adjacent hedge that was weakening the signal and these channels were affected the most.

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