I see two interesting things at that location. One, the shadow cast on
the ground looks like  there is a tower on the roof with a circular top
hat.

Also, the building to the north has a shadow that looks like it might
be from a tower.

The next time I'm in the area, I'll take a few reading on the beacons.
The MCY beacon can be used as a check on the error.  Joerg and I tried
to do this after the camp out. We burned quite a bit of $3 a gallon
fuel taking reading up and down the ET Highway, but I didn't have time
to drive up route 95.


Dave Bethke wrote:

It's possible that PYD and "Pyramid" have nothing to do with each other.  I
tend to think that "Pyramid" is more a descriptive term used by controllers,
much like, as it's been suggested, "Planet" is Mercury.

I did do a little looking on Google Earth at what I think is about the
Beatty 060030 point.  There's an interesting hill/mountain at 36 56 24.0N,
116 04 50.0W.  Turning on the terrain and tilting the display to a near
level view shows a relatively high peak, quite barren, with a small building
on top along with some ancillary structures.  The winding road to it looks
paved and in fairly good shape.  I'd guess that from an aircraft this hill
would be quite noticeable.


"Lumpy" <lumpy@digitalcartography.com> wrote

Many have suggested that BTY060030 is Pyramid,
as you suggest. It's a little confusing that
there's apparently a radio beacon PYD on 415kHz
that the DF guys put NW of Groom at
37 17 04.68N,115 56 14.83W.