OK.
closing the HV cage made no dif :/
the fix on the clip I mentioned.
https://imgur.com/bF0VRRu
before
https://imgur.com/4Tm30KZ
after.
it holds it in place well enough.
I did find that changing from chan 3 to 4 on the RF mod i was using did help things :O
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FANp...ature=youtu.be
still not sure about the smear yet
