On Aug 9, 3:59 pm, "Dave Bethke" <dbet...@houston.rr.com> wrote:

<thoms...@flash.net> wrote

There's what may be a tallish microwave tower at 37.2283 N,  115.8863
W.

It looks to me like a radar antenna.  The long, skinny reflector with a feed
horn on an arm is similar to those used by the INS (or whatever they're
calling it now) and other agencies for tracking airplanes.  In most cases
the reflector is vertical for better altitude resolution, but with it
horizontal you get better azimuth resolution, and if you know what the
altimeter is reading you don't care about altitude resolution.

In other words, it looks like a radar for tracking the aircraft around the
base.  And it probably rotates, so the direction it's pointing in the
satellite shot doesn't mean anything.

I believe you are thinking of the precision approach radar. Here is a
shot:
http://www.lazygranch.com/images/indiansprings/par.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision_Approach_Radar
My recollection is PAR doesn't rotate.

The arm on the mystery radar seem really long. It looks out of
proportion to the dish.

The coverage on GE at KINS is not so hot, but I think Nellis has PAR.
Just like my other post, the key would be to see how that one at
Nellis looks on GE. That is, you need some sort of reference image for
comparison.

Here is an article mentioning Nellis has PAR
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JCA/is_3_11/ai_96210717
I'll see if I can find it on GE.