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Originally Posted by SoCalRVer
I was moving to coax around in the cab and noticed the signal strength fluctuating from nothing to half on the bars.
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No, strapping them together wouldn't cause that, or have any effect at all. Sounds to me as if the connectors are not making contact, or are shorting intermittently.
Alternatively, if the connectors are not properly installed, you could be receiving on the outer surface of the outer conductor (and not with the antenna). That could cause received signal strength to vary when you wiggle, or even touch, the cables.
Have you continuity-tested and short-tested the cables while wiggling them?
Changing the length of a 34-foot cable by a foot wouldn't make a measurable difference, by the way.