Bouncing off the Bay Bridge

Tonight I worked Fred, N3FL, on 10GHz. We started off on CW and then moved to phone (sideband). His signal was a good 5/7 on phone, good enough for an armchair conversation. But then he said something…​ odd. "Lets try to bounce off the Bay Bridge." Okay, that’s an interesting propagation type to try. Sure enough, moving a few degrees to the left, and he completely moving his antenna, brought his signal up to an easy 5/9 signal with a +10dB signal strength. Very interesting indeed.