2025 Swap and shop
Our triennual in person swap and shop will be held on Saturday 2025-09-13. The purpose of the swap and shop is to provide an inexpensive in person opportunity to buy and sell amateur radio equipment that is open to the general public. Vendor set up starts at 08:30. Doors open to the public at 09:00 and close at 12:00. The location will be at Gordon United Church, 935 Goldstream Avenue, Langford BC. This facility is wheelchair accessible.
Pictures from our 2022-09-22 swap and shop held at the Leonardo Da Vinci Centre:
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There is plenty of parking at Gordon United Church, and there is easy access from the Island Highway (Hwy 1).
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From the north/west, turn right on Leigh Road, then left on Goldstream Avenue. From the east turn left onto Millstream Road (Hwy 14), then right onto Goldstream Avenue.
- General admission: 5.00 CAD. Cash is preferred.
- Vendor table: 10.00 CAD. Vendor extra helpers: 5.00 CAD each.
Coffee, tea and muffins will be available for purchase from church volunteers.
There will be a technical table with power supplies and test equipment to allow people to perform basic operational tests on equipment to demonstrate that the equipment is functional before purchase.
Many WARA club members will be available to answer questions from the public about amateur radio. We will also have a Get On The Air station where anyone can talk to other local amateur radio operators under the supervision of an experienced operator. This station will be on the air starting at 08:00 and can help anyone not familiar with the Greater Victoria area having difficulty navigating to Gordon United Church. This station will be connected to the Island Trunk System:
- The Mount McDonald (Victoria area) repeater call sign is VE7RAA.
- The repeater’s receive frequency is 443.575 MHz
- The repeater’s transmit frequency is 448.575 MHz (5.00 MHz plus offset)
- Tone is 136.5 Hz.
We are planning to host a local community emergency radio vehicle in the parking lot, but it’s not confirmed yet.
An ICOM representative will be present to demonstrate and discuss their latest equipment. A hand held ICOM radio is offered as a door prize.
If you wish to volunteer to help (free admission), please email our President by email by
clicking here: President
If you wish to book a vendor table, or if you have any general questions, please email Jim Cliffe, VE7HAR/VE7MHJ, by clicking here: Jim Cliffe
Last update on 2025-08-18 by Brian Merz, VA7BZA. Email: https://www.ve7vic.ca/education-department-contact/