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Could Freya (the Norse goddess) see 100 miles by day or night?--Light current 03:32, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

According to R.V. Jones in Most Secret War that was actually Heimdall, although the Norse mythology reference did lead to the supposition by the British early in the war that Freya-Gerät was the name for a portable RDF set.

They thought the name Heimdall itself, although the most apt, was too-obvious-a-choice from the security aspect to have been used for a German radar system. Ian Dunster 16:28, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Early Freya numbers[edit]

The article makes a bit of a bad comparison with timing, stating that by the beginning of the war, only eight Freyas were online, compared to a many CH radars online during the Battle of Britain. This may never be known, but how many Freyas were online by the Battle of Britain? Realistically, the Germans could have put several hundred up during those few months between the beginning of the War and the Battle of Britain.Wdonzelli 02:46, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Freya radar[edit]

In the discussion of Freya radar the following statement is made.

"Unfortunately, due to the sophistication of the design, by the start of the war only eight of these units were in operation, offering sparse coverage."

I would interpret that to mean "Unfortunately for Germany,..."

It was "Fortunate" for those in alliance against the Germans and "Unfortunate" for those in power within Germany and those in alliance with Germany. —Preceding unsigned comment added by UnkJwea (talk • contribs) 18:16, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately the statement is completely unsupported by a source so I have removed it.--90.240.160.254 (talk) 16:51, 12 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dead Links…[edit]

… here to be removed. 2001:8003:3020:1C00:D0C1:3782:9251:1166 (talk) 06:35, 3 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]