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Every hour, the independent aggregator checks 8 Canadian club and marketplace sources for records it has not seen before.
Canada's independent amateur radio exchangeFresh listings, every hour
A clearer signal
for used radio gear.
hamswap.ca combines a clean index of Canadian swap pages with member-posted classifieds, searchable together in one consistent catalogue.
8public sources
1hrefresh cycle
90dsource-listing window
0wanted ads
From source static to useful signal.
Clear the noise
Wanted ads, expired records, events, discussions, source navigation and forum counters are removed before they reach the catalogue.
Identify the gear
New records are normalized into a concise manufacturer-and-model title, a consistent category and clean seller notes.
Keep the source
Every source record remains its own listing and links back to the original ad. Source listings remain through day 90, then leave the active log.
AI, WITH GUARDRAILS
Better catalogue data—not a different listing.
gpt-4o-mini normalizes new source records by identifying the manufacturer and model, standardizing casing, title and category, and cleaning source boilerplate.
Specifications never use an AI model. Manually curated MySQL entries take priority and are reused for every matching model; when none exist, the aggregator may extract exact-model values from approved manufacturer pages. Seller claims, condition and availability remain grounded in the original record.
Aggregated listings preserve their original source; member listings identify themselves clearly.
The exchange lists available gear, not requests to buy.
When a source does not publish a price, the catalogue says “Ask seller” instead of inventing one.
Signed-in members can flag inaccurate data for an administrator to correct or remove.