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Emily Thiel
P.O.Box 614
Oranjestad
ARUBA
 p43e @ hotmail.com
YLRL member
10-X# 69821
FISTS# 5055
CC# 1649

P43E QSLS

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Since I became a ham in 1997, these have been my color QSL cards.  The log now has a little over 125,000 qso's (1997-2005), and the request for QSLs at present are: one out of every 5 QSO's.  Some 25,000 cards have been mailed worldwide for the P43E and P41E call signs, both direct or via the bureau.  

P43E CARDS:

             

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The chronological issuance of my QSLs:  How many do you have :)  Plain QSLs not shown.

  • 1. Aruban flag ('97) 1000 cards

  • 2. 1998 Solar eclipse ('98) 1000 cards

  • 3. Cunucu house watercolor ('98/'99) 2000 cards

  •     Plain P43E cards ('98-'01: call in red or green) 4000 cards (not shown)

  • 4. views from Aruba ('00) 3000 cards

  • 5. Boca Prins Cove ('01) 3000 cards

  • 6. Pos Chiquito beach with Santa Ana mountain (YV) in background ('01/'02) 3000 cards

  • 7. Hooiberg Hill, windsurfing students ('02/'03) 3000 cards

  • 8. Jamanota Hill landscape with Iguana ('03/'04) 3000 cards

  • 9. Eaglebeach ('05)  3000 cards

P41E:

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  • Boca Catalina Beach ('01-'02) 1500 cards

P41E is a special call sign that I have requested only during WPX 2001 (SSB, CW) and 2002 (10m CW.)

We cannot own 2 call signs, however, one can request a special call (P41 for residents) for US$50/month.  Therefore if you kept a special call for the entire year, the fee becomes a bit steep at US$600. 

Only holders of a P43 prefix can request P41's. Reciprocals based on an overseas license will be granted P40's.  Visiting hams that have passed the local license get P49's.  While over the years the DTZ has issued other prefixes, at present only P41, P43, P49 and P40's are issued.

As per 2004, the fees increased again, and the P41E call is going to the vault until further notice.

NEED A CARD??

  • Direct: P.O.Box 614, Oranjestad, Aruba

  • Bureau: Aruba ARC, P.O.Box 2273, San Nicolas, Aruba*

  • via USA-FISTS bureau (members can send cards for me there as I have SASEs on file.)

QSLs are usually answered in less than a week.  The rest is up to the mail service between our countries.  For cards via the bureau, the same response time applies, with the additional delay that may result from the bureau cut-off dates in both countries.  

*The mail on the island is quite reliable, and be assured that I am the first to receive bureau mailings.  (It helps, when you manage the P4 bureau.  Perks of the job!)   The post office accepts old and new IRC's.

  • E-QSL's are not answered.  Sorry.

last updated: 02-Sep-05