Help me with RF interference

[TinCanAlley]

Okay, this one is driving me crazy (as most things I can figure out do).

My Avante is having some RF issues. It covers most of the screen with dots and other static. When I move the antenna lead around it goes from better to worse and sometimes I can get it to go away. It seems if I get the lead in just the right angle, it goes away, but it won't stay like that for long as the slightest change in angle will bring it back.

This is definitely being introduced at the connections on the TV. If I touch either one of the screws with my finger, the interference gets really bad. If I touch one and then the other, it goes from bad to not so bad. I've looked inside the set for any issues with the routing of the twin lead and don't see any. It only at the connections. I did notice that one of the connections is not original. Looks like it must have been pulled out and they put in a similar one, but soldered the lead to it instead of it being a removable connection.

I really wish I knew what it was as I doesn't look like the normal interference I'm used to seeing with vacuums, compressors, etc. The static doesn't roll up or to the side. Each piece of it changes, but not location, just intensity.

Hope this makes sense.