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BELIEVE IT OR NOT - A secret navy radio station hidden in an extinct volcano utilized pre-World War One technology to send signals to underwater submarines as far away as Tokyo bay during World War Two!
THE AMAZING 200,000 watt ALEXANDERSON ALTERNATOR.(Invented in 1906)
High-Scalers Adams and Otto hammered hundreds of 3 foot long spikes deep into the unstable south wall of Haiku valley in order to attach continuous sections of wooden ladder. Their life endangering climb in 1942 made it possible to install five antenna cables exceeding a mile in length across the valley at elevations exceeding 2500 feet.
The FRIENDS OF HAIKU STAIRS organization is dedicated to maintaining this ladder and to obtaining conditions that will allow Haiku Valley to be enjoyed by the public. To view their website Click (HERE)

DID YOU SERVE AT HAIKU NRS? - Email: (Dave)
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Photo changes in the STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN gallery.
New/Replaced - #5, 7, 10, 16 to 26. * * Upgraded #8, 12.

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HAIKU NAVAL RADIOSTATION 1946 : A SECRET NAVAL STATION IN HAIKU VALLEY.

HAIKU NAVAL RADIO
STATION 1946

A SECRET NAVAL STATION IN HAIKU VALLEY.

Updated: May 22, 2009 7:53pm PST

HAIKU CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS 1942 & 1943 : ALSO PHOTOS OF VALLEY AND LADDER AT LATER DATES.

HAIKU CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS 1942 & 1943

ALSO PHOTOS OF VALLEY AND LADDER AT LATER DATES.

Updated: May 22, 2009 9:49pm PST

STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN : CLEAR VIEW OF THE HAIKU LADDER. Photos and text by ANNETTE LANCASTER.

STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

CLEAR VIEW OF THE HAIKU LADDER. Photos and text by ANNETTE LANCASTER.

Updated: Jul 03, 2009 11:06am PST

SAILORS OF HAIKU NRS1946 and 1947 : Photos by Len Hardy, Ted Urquhart, Dave Jessup & John Novacich.

SAILORS OF HAIKU NRS
1946 and 1947

Photos by Len Hardy, Ted Urquhart, Dave Jessup & John Novacich.

Updated: Jan 23, 2009 9:13pm PST

HIGH-SCALERS OF HAIKUBILL ADAMS & LOUIS OTTO - 1942 : THEIR HEROIC CLIMB MADE CONSTRUCTION OF HAIKU NRS POSSIBLE.

HIGH-SCALERS OF HAIKU
BILL ADAMS & LOUIS OTTO - 1942

THEIR HEROIC CLIMB MADE CONSTRUCTION OF HAIKU NRS POSSIBLE.

Updated: Jan 25, 2009 11:03pm PST

BILL ADAMS August 1918 - May 2001 : SOLDIER- HIGH-SCALER - DIVER - ADVENTURER. A MODEST CITIZEN OF HAWAII.

BILL ADAMS
August 1918 - May 2001

SOLDIER- HIGH-SCALER - DIVER - ADVENTURER. A MODEST CITIZEN OF HAWAII ...

Updated: Jul 26, 2008 6:18pm PST

THE ALEXANDERSONALTERNATOR AT HAIKU : MOTOR-GENERATOR ON STEROIDS THAT SENT SIGNALS TO UNDERWATER SUBMARINES THROUGHOUT THE PACIFIC OCEAN. The signals were heard simultaneously in Long Island New York and in Bombay India.

THE ALEXANDERSON
ALTERNATOR AT HAIKU

MOTOR-GENERATOR ON STEROIDS THAT SENT SIGNALS TO UNDERWATER SUBMARINES ...

Updated: Jan 17, 2009 9:50pm PST

ALTERNATORSSHUT DOWN - 1958 : EXCELLENT PHOTOGRAPHS IN THIS GALLERY PROVIDED BY Dr. RONALD HILLSTROM. * * * Ron served at Haiku from June 1956 until May 1958.

ALTERNATORS
SHUT DOWN - 1958

EXCELLENT PHOTOGRAPHS IN THIS GALLERY PROVIDED BY Dr. RONALD HILLSTROM ...

Updated: Aug 12, 2008 10:41pm PST

GOOGLE EARTH VIEWSOF HAIKU VALLEY & LADDER : THE VALLEY, HAIKU LADDER, UPPER HOIST HOUSE & ANTENNA ANCHORAGES.

GOOGLE EARTH VIEWS
OF HAIKU VALLEY & LADDER

THE VALLEY, HAIKU LADDER, UPPER HOIST HOUSE & ANTENNA ANCHORAGES.

Updated: Dec 23, 2008 5:38pm PST

OMEGA AND BEYOND1973 - 2008 : U.S. COAST GUARD YEARS -THEN DARK TIMES.

OMEGA AND BEYOND
1973 - 2008

U.S. COAST GUARD YEARS -THEN DARK TIMES.

Updated: Jun 05, 2009 10:38pm PST

DAVE'S INTRODUCTION TO HAIKU VALLEY - 1946 : A NAVY RADIO STATION HIDDEN IN AN EXTINCT VOLCANO? UNBELIEVABLE!

DAVE'S INTRODUCTION TO HAIKU VALLEY - 1946

A NAVY RADIO STATION HIDDEN IN AN EXTINCT VOLCANO? UNBELIEVABLE!

Updated: Mar 21, 2009 12:29am PST

HAIKU VALLEY - 1957GO-CART RIDE : PHOTOS PROVIDED BY DR. RONALD HILLSTROM.

HAIKU VALLEY - 1957
GO-CART RIDE

PHOTOS PROVIDED BY DR. RONALD HILLSTROM.

Updated: Mar 20, 2008 5:30pm PST

HAZING FIRST-TIMEHOIST RIDERS 1946 : PASSING ON THE HAZING I RECEIVED ON MY FIRST HOIST RIDE.

HAZING FIRST-TIME
HOIST RIDERS 1946

PASSING ON THE HAZING I RECEIVED ON MY FIRST HOIST RIDE.

Updated: Jun 29, 2007 12:03am PST

MORE ADVENTURES AT HAIKU - 1946 and 1947 : PHOTOS AND COMMENTS ABOUT INTERESTING EVENTS AT HAIKU NRS IN 1946

MORE ADVENTURES AT
HAIKU - 1946 and 1947

PHOTOS AND COMMENTS ABOUT INTERESTING EVENTS AT HAIKU NRS IN 1946

Updated: Mar 07, 2008 12:30am PST

RIDING THE JOE McGEEaka "THE BUCKET" : PENALTY FOR AN INTEMPERATE EVENING AT HONEY'S BAR

RIDING THE JOE McGEE
aka "THE BUCKET"

PENALTY FOR AN INTEMPERATE EVENING AT HONEY'S BAR

Updated: Jul 24, 2008 10:06pm PST

THE ASTONISHINGALTERNATORKEYING CONTACTS : OF INTEREST ONLY TO ALTERNATOR AFICIONADOS.

THE ASTONISHING
ALTERNATOR
KEYING CONTACTS

OF INTEREST ONLY TO ALTERNATOR AFICIONADOS.

Updated: Dec 02, 2006 12:20pm PST