ParkWatch
Chrome extension · POTA · WWFF · LLOTA · IOTA

See the parks
worth working.

ParkWatch watches the spotting networks and flags the activations that are new to you — new parks, new entities, ATNOs — then logs and re-spots them in a click.

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Works with
POTAWWFFLLOTAIOTA
— and posts to the DX clusters
What it does

A hunting companion that knows what you still need.

Every spot is measured against your own hunter awards — not a generic feed.

Flags what's new to you

Every spot is tagged against your awards — NEW PARK, NEW DXCC, NEW STATE, ATNO and rare references.

Filter to the signal

Narrow by band, mode and program, show only what you still need, and sort newest-first.

Log in one click

Push to QRZ Logbook, Wavelog/Cloudlog, ClubLog and your logger over UDP — WSJT-X / JTDX captured automatically.

Spot without leaving the page

Post to pota.app, WWFF Spotline, LLOTA and the DX clusters. Park-to-park handled for you.

Drive your radio

QSY straight to a spot with TCI, FLRig, Hamlib or OmniRig, and read frequency and mode from the rig.

Map, alerts & freshness

Active parks on a map, desktop or phone alerts, and each spot's freshness at a glance.

See the full feature list →

A closer look

Fresh spots, at a glance.

Rows tint by age, so you can tell in a heartbeat who's still likely calling CQ — and skip the ones that have probably packed up.

under 10 min — still hot 10–20 min — cooling 20–30 min — likely gone
Stuart, VE9CF, creator of ParkWatch, at a red-and-white lighthouse on the Atlantic Canada coast
The story

Built for WWFF, LLOTA, IOTA & POTA Chasers By Those Who Love To Chase Islands, Parks and Lakes Every Single Day

Hi, I'm Stuart, VE9CF, and I created ParkWatch to help me focus my Parks on the Air, World Wide Flora & Fauna, Lakes & Lagoons on the Air, and Islands on the Air hunting on the contacts and goals that matter most to me.

ParkWatch brings multiple amateur radio programs together in one easy-to-use application, helping serious hunters identify needed parks, locations, entities, and activators without wasting time sorting through endless spots.

Whether you are chasing new parks, working toward awards, hunting DXCC entities, or simply trying to make your time on the air more productive, ParkWatch gives you the tools to stay focused and reach your goals.

ParkWatch is completely free for amateur radio operators, runs on Windows, Mac and Linux, and can be installed and ready to use in just a few minutes.

Go ahead and give it a try. ParkWatch may quickly become one of the most valuable tools in your ham radio station.

— Stuart, VE9CF

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See it in action

Hunting For POTA, WWFF, LLOTA, IOTA & Rare DX Has Never Been Easier

Every spot flagged, filtered and ready to log — tinted by how fresh it is.

The ParkWatch spot list: park activations flagged NEW PARK and ATNO, rows tinted green to amber by age, with the Following and Known hunters sidebar
Fresh spots tint green; each row is one click from logging, spotting or QSY.
Getting started

Installed in about a minute.

ParkWatch loads unpacked in Chrome — no store, no account, no waiting on review.

1

Download & unzip

Grab the ParkWatch zip and unzip it somewhere you'll keep it.

2

Open extensions

Go to chrome://extensions and switch on Developer mode.

3

Load unpacked

Click Load unpacked, choose the parkwatch folder, then pin it.

4

Optional helper

For rig control, UDP logging and DX-cluster spotting, run the installer once.

Your data carries over. To update, unzip the new build over the same folder and hit Reload — your hunted parks, settings and log stay put. Full install guide →

One extension, every desktop

Windows, macOS & Linux.

ParkWatch runs in desktop Chrome — and any Chromium browser — on all three. The same app, the same features, wherever you operate.

Windows

Windows 10 & 11. Download, unzip, load unpacked.

macOS

Intel or Apple silicon, with a one-click installer.

Linux

Any Chromium browser. Linux notes →

Put ParkWatch on the bands.

Download the latest build, load it unpacked, and start working the parks you still need.

Download ParkWatch Read the user guide