On Dec 9, 12:18 am, thedeerhunter270
wrote:
Isn't that an odd place to put it for navigation?

It must be just used as a reporting point.

I am reasonably sure that is the location of PYD NDB. I'm not 100%
sure that is the same as Pyramid.

When I first discovered this beacon, I discovered I wasn't the first
to discover it. ;-) If you google the pyd beacon, the first DF
estimate was around
N37 17 04.68 w115 56 14.83, not that far from where it shows up on
google earth. When I DFed it, I got it further into the range, maybe
N37.229183 W116.052884. This made even less sense.

One one trip where I was going to make DFing part of the "experience",
I popped a fuse in the amp of my direction finding gear. It was
something I couldn't replace anywhere except Vegas. Now I carry a
spare fuse. [I think the 12V car battery supply is too stiff and need
to add a series resistor. ] The next time I was in the area, the
powers that be turned off all the beacons except basecamp AEC. There
is no AWOS at AEC, so I guess they are getting that info by phone just
prior to the trip (if that is allowable) or getting it via voice from
the basecamp personnel.