(31 Aug 2014, 8:06 pm)Kuyoyo wrote If that's the case - why not leave things as they are rather than increasing the running costs just so you can have a full Decker allocation? And that's before you consider where the extra Geminis would come from - it's already likely a sixth one will be required but it's a question of how to get another one across from Blyth when the majority of Blyth's are MAX'd already.
But if the loadings are high enough to justify something bigger than a Pulsar, what do you do? There's an additional peak run either direction to both half the frequency and try and resolve the overcrowding. If it works then great, but if not, then heads need scratching again.
On the issue of running costs that you quite rightly raise. Would you say two Pulsars in the space of 30 minutes is as cost effective as running one Gemini in the same timeframe?