PropView's Configuration screen contains three panels:
The Frequency-dependent Settings panel lets you specify a Takeoff Angle and Output Power for each amateur band. When this panel's Enable box is checked and Commander is running, PropView will update the Takeoff and Power settings using the values specified in this panel for the transceiver's current frequency band. You can specify the band definitions using the facility described below.
The Distance Units panel lets you specify whether distances from your QTH to beacons are shown in miles or kilometers.
The Guidance panel lets you control the action of explanatory popup windows and specify the browser you use to read online help:
| show control explanations | when checked, enables the display of explanatory information when the mouse cursor lingers over a textbox, button, checkbox, display pane, or setting. |
| Browser pathname | if this setting is blank, PropView displays online help using your PC's default HTML browser; if this setting contains the pathname of an HTML browser, PropView displays online help using that browser. |
When the Use dual monitors box is checked, PropView windows that resided on the secondary monitor during the previous session will be restored to the secondary monitor on startup.
Checking the Log Debugging Info box directs PropView to record diagnostic information into the file errorlog.txt in PropView's folder.
PropView utilizes a set of band definitions contained in a file. At startup, PropView checks its folder for the file Bands.txt ; if found, the contents of this file are interpreted as user-defined band specifications in the format shown below. If Bands.txt is not found, then PropView checks its folder for the file DefaultBands.txt, which every PropView release installs. DefaultBands.txt, is a file containing one line per band::
160M, 1.800, 2.000
80M, 3.500,4.000
60M, 5.3305,5.405
40M, 7.000,7.350
30M, 10.100, 10.150
20M, 14.000, 14.350
17M, 18.068, 18.168
15M, 21.000, 21.450
12M, 24.890, 24.990
10M, 28.000, 29.900
6M, 50.000, 54.000
Each line contains three parameters, separated by commas: the band name, the band's lower edge in megahertz, and the band's upper edge in megahertz.
To add or substract bands, make a copy of DefaultBands.txt in PropView's folder and name it Bands.txt. Delete or add lines as required, ensuring that
each band's lower band edge is less than its upper band edge
the upper band edge defined on one line is less than the lower band edge defined on the next line