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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 200,000 watt ALEXANDERSON ALTERNATOR.
(Invented in 1906)
High Scalers of Haiku gallery describes Adams' and Otto's heroic scaling of the valley's south cliff in 1942 that made possible the installation of five antenna cables over a mile in length across the valley at elevations exceeding 2500 feet.
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NEW GALLERY
Haiku Omega Navigation Station replaced the USN Alternator with a bigger antenna system, twin transmitters and giant coils. Enjoy Robert & Tom Lancaster's fascinating photo presentation!
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Galleries

HIGH SCALERS OF HAIKU. . .BILL 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: Aug 08, 2009 11:10pm 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: Nov 21, 2009 2:54pm PST

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

HAIKU NAVAL RADIO STATION 1946

A SECRET NAVAL STATION IN HAIKU VALLEY.

Updated: Nov 21, 2009 3:05pm PST

STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN : CLEAR VIEWS OF THE HAIKU LADDER. PLUS photo story by ANNETTE LANCASTER.

STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

CLEAR VIEWS OF THE HAIKU LADDER. PLUS photo story by ANNETTE LANCASTER ...

Updated: Oct 19, 2009 10:38pm PST

THE ALEXANDERSON ALTERNATOR 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: Nov 03, 2009 11:36pm PST

ALTERNATORS SHUT 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

HAIKU OMEGA NAVIGATION STATION - 1973 - 1997 : Text and uncredited Photos by Robert & Thomas Lancaster

HAIKU OMEGA NAVIGATION STATION - 1973 - 1997

Text and uncredited Photos by Robert & Thomas Lancaster

Updated: Nov 08, 2009 8:08pm 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

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

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: Oct 20, 2009 10:29pm PST

SAILORS OF HAIKU NRS :

SAILORS OF HAIKU NRS

Updated: Nov 26, 2009 8:13pm PST

HAZING FIRST-TIMEHOIST RIDERS 1946 : DAVE CONFESSES PASSING ON THE HAZING RECEIVED ON HIS FIRST HOIST RIDE.

HAZING FIRST-TIME
HOIST RIDERS 1946

DAVE CONFESSES PASSING ON THE HAZING RECEIVED ON HIS FIRST HOIST RIDE.

Updated: Jun 29, 2007 12:03am 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

HAIKU SHIPMATES1946 and 1947 : PHOTOS AND COMMENTS ABOUT INTERESTING EVENTS by Dave Jessup

HAIKU SHIPMATES
1946 and 1947

PHOTOS AND COMMENTS ABOUT INTERESTING EVENTS by Dave Jessup

Updated: Mar 07, 2008 12:30am PST

VANDALISM : INEXCUSABLE NEGLECT RESULTS IN THEFT & VANDALISM

VANDALISM

INEXCUSABLE NEGLECT RESULTS IN THEFT & VANDALISM

Updated: Oct 18, 2009 10:54pm 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

THE ASTONISHINGALTERNATORKEYING CONTACTS : OF INTEREST ONLY TO ALTERNATOR AFICIONADOS.

THE ASTONISHING
ALTERNATOR
KEYING CONTACTS

OF INTEREST ONLY TO ALTERNATOR AFICIONADOS.

Updated: Aug 18, 2009 11:43pm PST