"            PARAM.TXT"
"com1:" "(comp$) Serial port (com1: or com2:; in quotes) used for comunication with Experimenter"
"9600"  "(baud$) Baud rate for communication with Experimenter (in quotes); see owner's manual"
0   "(display) For reading archive, set to 0; for live data set to 1"
1   "(arch; Hotkey K) For writing an archive MM-DD-YY.log of live data to specified path; 0 no archive, 1 archive"
"c:\qb45\"  "(path$) Path for subdirectory holding data archive files, both live and old (in quotes)"
"example.log" "(ffile$; Hotkey A) File name for previously archived data (in quotes); path given above"
19  "(starthr; Hotkey L) Beginning hour of plot using archived data file"
20  "(endhr; Hotkey M) Ending hour (thru minute 59) of plot using archived data file"
"EDT" "(timezone$; Hotkey G) Time zone used by PC clock (in quotes)"
0   "(diag; Hotkey B) Sets diagnostic screen display option; 0--none; 1--partial set of values; 2--full set"
2   "(avghr; Hotkey H) = Number of hours over which stroke statistics on bottom of screen displayed (must be < 7)"
1   "(ibeep; Hotkey Z) Sets option for beeping when there is a negative return (live data only); 1--beep; 0--no beep"
24000 "(dxconst&; Hotkey X) =dxconstant in pixel plotting equation pixel distance = (dxconstant/(signal magnitude)^eksp) - pxlofset"
1.0  "(attenrat!; Hotkey R) =In above plotting formula, ratio of dxconstant with attenuator on to dxconstant with it off; untested so 1 for now" 
1.0  "(eksp!; Hotkey 3) =exponent in plotting formula pixel distance = (dxconstant/(signal magnitude)^eksp) - pxlofst"
0    "(pxlofst; Hotkey 4) =pixel offse in above plotting formula pixel distance = (dxconstant/(signal magnitude)^eksp) - pxlofst"
3    "(minattenon; Hotkey Y) =Minute that the attenuator is turned on (for 1 minute) is a mutiple of this integer (i.e. 2,3,4,5,6,10,12,15,20,30)" 
0.   "(rejbig!; Hotkey J) =Fraction of the upper part of the distribution of signals in a bearing that are ignored when estimating average distance"
0.   "(rejsml!; Hotkey I) =Fraction of the lower part of the distribution of signals in a bearing that are ignored when estimating average distance"
44   "(spb; Hotkey S) =Maximum number of strokes per bearing; make as large as possible; reduce if out of memory error encountered"
3    "(rstp; Hotkey P) =Minimum number of strokes in a bearing that are required before a yellow pixel is plotted"
16   "(trail0; Hotkey 6) =Maximum percentage of the current mean signal magnitude (light activity) within which the next average signal must occur for plotting of a yellow pixel; otherwise black used"
12   "(trail1; Hotkey 7)=Percentage of the current mean signal magnitude (moderate activity) within which the next average signal must occur for plotting of a yellow pixel; otherwise black used"
8    "(trail2; Hotkey 8) =Percentage of the current mean signal magnitude (heaavy activity) within which the next average signal must occur for plotting of a yellow pixel; otherwise black used"
30   "(oldtime; Hotkey O) =Maximum time (minutes; strongly recommend using 30) that a pixel in a bearing is plotted; yellow for half this time; red thereafter until this time"
0.5  "(mrref!; Hotkey E) =Maximum ratio of abs(e2) to abs(e1) that accepted as a return stroke; recommend 0.5 and no value larger than 1"
5    "(degoff; Hotkey D) =Clockwise correction to calculated bearing (degrees); corrects for imperfectly aligned antenna"
9999 "(dist0; Hoteky 0) =Minimum distance (km) to do no weighted radial averaging"
500  "(dist1; Hotkey 1) =Minimum distance (km) to do 5-bearing radial averaging used"
250  "(dist2; Hotkey 2) =Minimum distance (km) to do 9-bearing radial averaging used; 17-bearing averaging used for smaller distances"
2    "(dupdeg; Hotkey V) =Check for duplicate strokes over +_ this number of degrees from the current bearing.  Recommend 1 or 2" 
100  "(minsig; Hotkey 9) =Minimum signal magnitude for acceptance of data to estimate distance; recommend 100"