"Andrew Chaplin" wrote in message
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Ganton Pretz wrote:

If it was that vital they would not have used it. The people who
'defined' vital were trying to bomb Germany. Oddly enough it was
Bomber Harris who appreciated that bombing U-Boat yards and basses was
a complete waste of effort.

The Germans were scammed into thinking their Metox boxes were leaking
radiation which were being used to track them. It was a technical
possibility and so they bought into it. That delayed the development
of a H2S detector (Naxos).

What did "H2S" stand for, anyway. (Sounds like dihydrogen sulphide to
me.) Sorry if it has already been posted, I missed that part of the
thread.

There are at least versions of the story about the naming of the radar

1) Its original name was "Home Sweet Home" which was shortened
to H2S

2) Its original name was TF (for Town Finder) but a different
code name was required and an RAF type suggested
'H2S because it stinks'


Keith