diff --git a/assets/js/contacts_map_hook.ts b/assets/js/contacts_map_hook.ts
index 7ca739a6..3c5ffb28 100644
--- a/assets/js/contacts_map_hook.ts
+++ b/assets/js/contacts_map_hook.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ interface ContactsMapHook extends ViewHook {
   lines: LineEntry[]
   dotLayer: L.LayerGroup
   map: L.Map
+  canvasRenderer: L.Canvas
   delegatedChange: (e: Event) => void
   delegatedClick: (e: Event) => void
   initMap(this: ContactsMapHook): void
@@ -100,6 +101,12 @@ export const ContactsMap = {
     this.enabledBands = new Set()
     this.bandGroups = new Map()
     this.lines = []
+
+    // Single shared Canvas renderer — all polylines and circle markers
+    // render into one <canvas> instead of thousands of SVG <path> elements.
+    // This eliminates ~58k DOM nodes and makes pan/zoom GPU-composited.
+    this.canvasRenderer = L.canvas({padding: 0.5})
+
     this.dotLayer = L.layerGroup()
 
     // Callsign filter still roundtrips through LiveView (debounced) — it's
@@ -211,17 +218,18 @@ export const ContactsMap = {
 
   buildLines(this: ContactsMapHook) {
     // One-time build of every polyline, grouped into per-band LayerGroups.
-    // After this, band toggling is just addLayer/removeLayer on the map —
-    // no polyline recreation ever.
+    // All polylines share a single Canvas renderer — no SVG DOM nodes.
+    // After this, band toggling is just addLayer/removeLayer on the map.
     this.lines = []
     this.bandGroups = new Map()
+    const renderer = this.canvasRenderer
 
     for (const c of this.allContacts) {
       const [lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2, band, s1, s2, mode, dist, ts, id] = c
       const color = bandColor(band)
 
       const line = L.polyline([[lat1, lon1], [lat2, lon2]], {
-        color, weight: 2, opacity: 0.5
+        color, weight: 2, opacity: 0.5, renderer
       })
 
       const distStr = formatDistanceKm(dist)
@@ -240,7 +248,7 @@ export const ContactsMap = {
 
       let group = this.bandGroups.get(band)
       if (!group) {
-        group = L.layerGroup()
+        group = L.layerGroup([], {renderer})
         this.bandGroups.set(band, group)
       }
       group.addLayer(line)
@@ -250,9 +258,6 @@ export const ContactsMap = {
         band,
         s1: (s1 || "").toUpperCase(),
         s2: (s2 || "").toUpperCase(),
-        // Date inputs come in as YYYY-MM-DD; ts is "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM" so
-        // pre-slicing the date portion lets the range check be a string
-        // compare without having to substring per-line every render.
         tsDate: (ts || "").substring(0, 10),
         lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2
       })
@@ -271,11 +276,20 @@ export const ContactsMap = {
 
   applyCallsignFilter(this: ContactsMapHook) {
     // Callsign + date filter: iterate individual polylines and add/remove
-    // them from their band's group. Cheap compared to rebuild (no polyline
-    // creation). Runs when either filter changes.
+    // them from their band's group. Early-exits when no filter is active.
     const match = this.callsignFilter
     const startDate = this.startDate
     const endDate = this.endDate
+
+    // No filter active — ensure all lines are in their groups (fast path).
+    if (!match && !startDate && !endDate) {
+      for (const entry of this.lines) {
+        const group = this.bandGroups.get(entry.band)
+        if (group && !group.hasLayer(entry.line)) group.addLayer(entry.line)
+      }
+      return
+    }
+
     for (const entry of this.lines) {
       const group = this.bandGroups.get(entry.band)
       if (!group) continue
@@ -289,6 +303,16 @@ export const ContactsMap = {
   },
 
   rebuildDots(this: ContactsMapHook) {
+    // Defer dot rebuild to next frame so rapid filter changes (e.g. typing
+    // in the callsign box with debounce) don't stack redundant work.
+    if (this._dotRafId) cancelAnimationFrame(this._dotRafId)
+    this._dotRafId = requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+      this._dotRafId = null
+      this._rebuildDotsNow()
+    })
+  },
+
+  _rebuildDotsNow(this: ContactsMapHook) {
     this.dotLayer.clearLayers()
     const match = this.callsignFilter
     const startDate = this.startDate
@@ -314,7 +338,8 @@ export const ContactsMap = {
       L.circleMarker([lat, lon], {
         radius, color: "#fff", weight: 1,
         fillColor: "#3b82f6", fillOpacity: 0.7,
-        interactive: false
+        interactive: false,
+        renderer: this.canvasRenderer
       }).addTo(this.dotLayer)
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/microwaveprop/radio.ex b/lib/microwaveprop/radio.ex
index 6385782f..24046a21 100644
--- a/lib/microwaveprop/radio.ex
+++ b/lib/microwaveprop/radio.ex
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ defmodule Microwaveprop.Radio do
 
   # ── Contacts ──
 
-  defdelegate contact_map_payload(), to: Contacts
+  defdelegate contact_map_payload(filters \\ []), to: Contacts
   defdelegate list_contacts_for_user(owner, viewer \\ nil), to: Contacts
   defdelegate list_contacts_involving_callsign(callsign, viewer \\ nil), to: Contacts
   defdelegate list_contacts(opts \\ []), to: Contacts
diff --git a/lib/microwaveprop/radio/contacts.ex b/lib/microwaveprop/radio/contacts.ex
index 80222cc4..0c0952dd 100644
--- a/lib/microwaveprop/radio/contacts.ex
+++ b/lib/microwaveprop/radio/contacts.ex
@@ -30,44 +30,73 @@ defmodule Microwaveprop.Radio.Contacts do
 
   # ── Map payload ──
 
-  @spec contact_map_payload() :: %{json: iodata(), count: non_neg_integer(), bands: [integer()]}
-  def contact_map_payload do
-    if Application.get_env(:microwaveprop, :cache_contact_map, true) do
+  @type map_filter :: {:callsign, String.t()} | {:start_date, String.t()} | {:end_date, String.t()}
+
+  @spec contact_map_payload(keyword(map_filter)) :: %{
+          json: iodata(),
+          count: non_neg_integer(),
+          bands: [integer()]
+        }
+  def contact_map_payload(filters \\ []) do
+    if filters == [] and Application.get_env(:microwaveprop, :cache_contact_map, true) do
       Cache.fetch_or_store(@map_payload_cache_key, @map_payload_ttl_ms, fn ->
-        build_contact_map_payload()
+        build_contact_map_payload([])
       end)
     else
-      build_contact_map_payload()
+      build_contact_map_payload(filters)
     end
   end
 
-  defp build_contact_map_payload do
-    contacts = load_contacts_for_map()
+  defp build_contact_map_payload(filters) do
+    contacts = load_contacts_for_map(filters)
     bands = contacts |> Enum.map(fn [_, _, _, _, band | _] -> band end) |> Enum.uniq() |> Enum.sort()
     %{json: Jason.encode_to_iodata!(contacts), count: length(contacts), bands: bands}
   end
 
-  defp load_contacts_for_map do
-    from(c in Contact,
-      where: not is_nil(c.pos1) and not is_nil(c.pos2) and c.private == false,
-      select: %{
-        id: c.id,
-        pos1: c.pos1,
-        pos2: c.pos2,
-        band: c.band,
-        station1: c.station1,
-        station2: c.station2,
-        mode: c.mode,
-        distance_km: c.distance_km,
-        qso_timestamp: c.qso_timestamp
-      }
-    )
+  defp load_contacts_for_map(filters) do
+    query =
+      from(c in Contact,
+        where: not is_nil(c.pos1) and not is_nil(c.pos2) and c.private == false,
+        select: %{
+          id: c.id,
+          pos1: c.pos1,
+          pos2: c.pos2,
+          band: c.band,
+          station1: c.station1,
+          station2: c.station2,
+          mode: c.mode,
+          distance_km: c.distance_km,
+          qso_timestamp: c.qso_timestamp
+        }
+      )
+
+    query = apply_map_filters(query, filters)
+
+    query
     |> Repo.all()
     |> Enum.map(&format_map_contact/1)
     |> Enum.reject(&is_nil/1)
     |> dedup_map_reciprocals()
   end
 
+  defp apply_map_filters(query, []), do: query
+
+  defp apply_map_filters(query, [{:callsign, callsign} | rest]) do
+    pattern = "%#{String.upcase(callsign)}%"
+    query = from(c in query, where: ilike(c.station1, ^pattern) or ilike(c.station2, ^pattern))
+    apply_map_filters(query, rest)
+  end
+
+  defp apply_map_filters(query, [{:start_date, date} | rest]) do
+    query = from(c in query, where: c.qso_timestamp >= ^date)
+    apply_map_filters(query, rest)
+  end
+
+  defp apply_map_filters(query, [{:end_date, date} | rest]) do
+    query = from(c in query, where: c.qso_timestamp <= ^date)
+    apply_map_filters(query, rest)
+  end
+
   defp format_map_contact(c) do
     lat1 = c.pos1["lat"]
     lon1 = c.pos1["lon"]
diff --git a/lib/microwaveprop_web/controllers/contact_map_controller.ex b/lib/microwaveprop_web/controllers/contact_map_controller.ex
index 7da78ee5..ad3dcd8f 100644
--- a/lib/microwaveprop_web/controllers/contact_map_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/microwaveprop_web/controllers/contact_map_controller.ex
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ defmodule MicrowavepropWeb.ContactMapController do
   def cache_key, do: @cache_key
 
   @spec show(Plug.Conn.t(), map()) :: Plug.Conn.t()
-  def show(conn, _params) do
-    {body, encoding} = gzipped_or_plain_body(conn)
+  def show(conn, params) do
+    filters = extract_filters(params)
+    {body, encoding} = gzipped_or_plain_body(conn, filters)
 
     conn
     |> put_resp_content_type("application/json")
@@ -32,18 +33,41 @@ defmodule MicrowavepropWeb.ContactMapController do
     |> send_resp(200, body)
   end
 
-  defp gzipped_or_plain_body(conn) do
+  defp extract_filters(params) do
+    []
+    |> maybe_add_filter(:callsign, params["callsign"])
+    |> maybe_add_filter(:start_date, params["start_date"])
+    |> maybe_add_filter(:end_date, params["end_date"])
+  end
+
+  defp maybe_add_filter(filters, _key, nil), do: filters
+  defp maybe_add_filter(filters, _key, ""), do: filters
+  defp maybe_add_filter(filters, key, value), do: [{key, value} | filters]
+
+  defp gzipped_or_plain_body(conn, [] = filters) do
     if accepts_gzip?(conn) do
       {gzipped_payload(), :gzip}
     else
-      %{json: iodata} = Radio.contact_map_payload()
+      %{json: iodata} = Radio.contact_map_payload(filters)
       {IO.iodata_to_binary(iodata), :identity}
     end
   end
 
+  defp gzipped_or_plain_body(conn, filters) do
+    # Filtered requests vary by parameter — don't cache the gzip blob.
+    %{json: iodata} = Radio.contact_map_payload(filters)
+    body = IO.iodata_to_binary(iodata)
+
+    if accepts_gzip?(conn) do
+      {:zlib.gzip(body), :gzip}
+    else
+      {body, :identity}
+    end
+  end
+
   defp gzipped_payload do
     Cache.fetch_or_store(@cache_key, @cache_ttl_ms, fn ->
-      %{json: iodata} = Radio.contact_map_payload()
+      %{json: iodata} = Radio.contact_map_payload([])
       :zlib.gzip(IO.iodata_to_binary(iodata))
     end)
   end