Live POTA spot browser
Browse current activations in card or list views built for fast scanning. Callsign, park, band, mode, frequency, age, and status stay readable while the feed keeps moving.
Trailwave
Native Parks on the Air® hunting for macOS®.
Trailwave requires macOS Tahoe 26.2 or later.
Follow live spots, filter the pile, inspect park context, tune your rig, log the contact, and keep hunted history close at hand.
Core Features
Trailwave is built around the Mac operator's POTA hunting loop: find the spot, understand the context, tune, log, and move on.
Fast filters and search
Narrow the pile by band, mode, program, park, callsign, location, or free text so the active list matches the way you are operating right now.
Watchlists and alerts
Set rules for callsigns, park references, prefixes, locations, or grid squares and let Trailwave watch the feed while you work something else.
Map and park context
Use the map, distance, bearing, coordinates, weather, and park details to judge whether a contact is worth chasing before you reach for the radio.
Spot detail and history
Open a selected spot into richer activator, park, weather, and recent spotting context so stale or repeated spots are easier to read correctly.
Signal report overlays
Map overlays such as signal reports, grey line, and sun and moon context help you compare live activity with real operating conditions.
Operating Workflow
The app stays useful after you find a spot: tune the station, log the QSO, clean up details, and keep your hunted history current.
Rig control
Connect a supported radio and tune directly from the selected spot. It keeps Trailwave close to the station instead of just another window beside it.
WSJT-X awareness
Trailwave can listen to WSJT-X and highlight activators you are already decoding, giving digital operators a cleaner path from decode to contact.
Spotting and re-spotting
Add a manual spot or re-spot an activation from inside the app when you need to keep useful activity visible without breaking operating rhythm.
Local QSO logging
Store contacts locally and let Trailwave use them to update worked status, hunted history, and the context you see during future sessions.
Hunted Parks tracking
Turn raw contacts into a park-centered history with counts, dates, map views, list views, and per-park detail that shows what you have already worked.
QSO review and editing
Search, edit, correct park references, and clean up local QSO records after a session without sending the work out to a separate spreadsheet.
QRZ and ADIF logging
Send QSOs to QRZ when configured and write backup ADIF records as part of the same operating flow, reducing duplicate entry after the contact is done.
Retry failed logging
If QRZ or ADIF logging fails, retry the failed step later from the QSO editor instead of rebuilding the contact from scratch.
Import POTA history
Bring in hunter park data from POTA.app so Trailwave can start with your existing history instead of treating every park like a first contact.
Built for Mac
Trailwave is designed to feel like a Mac app because it is one: local-first, responsive, and quiet enough to leave open during a session.
Native macOS app
Trailwave is built for macOS with the speed, keyboard feel, window behavior, and desktop integration Mac operators expect.
iCloud sync
Keep local logs and Trailwave data current across your Macs through iCloud, without manual export and import steps between machines.
Local-first data
Your callsign, settings, QSO records, and hunted history live locally by default. Connected services are used only when you configure the workflow that needs them.
Mac station workflow
Keep Trailwave beside your logging, digital, and radio tools as a focused POTA desk instead of a browser tab you have to keep rearranging.
Privacy-conscious by default
No account is required, and Trailwave does not need analytics or advertising infrastructure to get the job done.
Built for active hunters
The interface stays oriented around the real sequence of work: watch, filter, inspect, tune, log, review, and get back to the band.
Linux User?
Trailwave for Linux