GridTracker2
GridTracker2 is a macOS amateur radio companion app that maps digital contacts and helps operators track stations, awards, and propagation activity.
What is GridTracker2?
GridTracker2 is an amateur radio utility for macOS that works alongside digital-mode software such as WSJT-X and JTDX. It helps operators visualize live contacts on a map, follow station activity, and manage operating goals such as worked grids, states, and awards. The app is commonly used by hams who operate FT8 and related digital modes and want better situational awareness while making contacts. It can display call activity geographically, highlight needed stations, and integrate with logging workflows used during everyday operating. GridTracker2 is distributed through the GridTracker project and is available for Mac as a native desktop app download.
Key features
- Map live amateur radio activity and contacts on an interactive world view
- Track worked and confirmed grids, states, DX entities, and award progress
- Highlight needed stations and operating opportunities while you monitor digital modes
- Work alongside WSJT-X and JTDX during FT8 and similar digital-mode activity
- Support logging workflows and related station information during operating sessions
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
GridTracker2 is legitimate amateur radio software. On Mac, it may request normal permissions related to notifications or network access so it can communicate with other radio software and online services. That behavior fits its purpose. As with any radio logging or mapping tool, use the privacy settings you prefer and keep only the integrations you actually use enabled.
Recommendation: Keep GridTracker2 if you use digital amateur radio software or rely on live mapping, award tracking, or station-monitoring features. If you no longer use it, you can remove the app and its support files without affecting macOS, though you may lose saved settings, logs, and operating history stored by the app.
Common paths
/Applications/GridTracker2.app
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/GridTracker2
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