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J38GU - 1996

Lance aux Epines Cottages

 

  Grenada - Country and people

  Grenada is located in the southern Caribbean north of Trinidad and Tobago. You immediately know what Grenadas second name "Spice Island" means when you leave the plane in St. George's. The smell of nutmeg, cinnamon, clove and other spices is everywhere.
 Grenada is a mountainous and lush green island. The island center is covered with rain forest.
  There are many lakes, rivers, rills and waterfalls.
  You have the choice of many remarkable places of interest like sugar mills, nutmeg plants, old rum destilleries, fortresses and and and ...

  Capital City

  St. George's (10,000 inhabitants)

  Inhabitants

  91.000. 82% black, 13% mulatos, 4% indian, less than 1% white people

  Language

  English

  Climate

  around 80ºF (27°C) throughout the year
  Hurricane season - May until October

  The actual temperature
  in Grenada

    Here’s the  actual weather/forecast

  Voltage

  220/240V

  Currency

  East Caribbean Dollar (1 EC$ ~ 0,37 US$)

  Vaccination

  not necessary

  How to get an amateur radio guest license

Send your license application, together with the following items

- Photocopy of your passport
- Photocopy of your own licence
- intended date and place of your stay in Grenada
- two passport size photographs

to the following address:

National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission
P.O.Box 854
St. George's
Grenada, W.I.

Send your application well in advance; 8 weeks before you enter Grenada should be enough (better more).
You also can try to send your application form which you may find at
http://ectel.int/ectelnew-2
via email to cwhiteman@ectel.int.
You will get your license ONLY in Miss Whiteman’s office in St. George’s after your arrival.
You have to sign it there.
Miss Cassandra Whitman is so kind to send you a copy of your license via email in advance to avoid problems with the customs on arrival. But you have to pay the fee before they issue the license.
So if you have any friend there to pay your license fee it saves you any trouble.

The physical address of the Regulatory Commission where you get your license is:

Suite # 8
Grand Anse Shopping Center
Grand Anse
St. George’s

Licence fee is about 30 US$.

Foreign applicants now get the call signs “Homecall/J3” only !!

You could also send a letter to the Grenada Amateur Radio Club and ask them for help with the license.
REMEMBER: Letters to the Caribbean countries are usually slower than snail mail. It doesn't matter if you send them via air mail or not - two or three weeks is normal.

  Useful addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses

  Licences:
  National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission
  P.O.Box 854
  St. George's
  Grenada, W.I.

  Tel.: (001-473) 435 6872
  Fax: (001-473) 435 2132
  Email:
cwhiteman@ectel.int
 

  Grenada Amateur Radio Club
  P.O.Box 737
  St. George's
  Grenada, W.I.

  Tel.: (001-473) 444 4565
  Fax: (001-473) 444 2802

  L'Anse aux Epines Cottages is a nice place for ham radio
  operations, the staff is very tolerant and helpful

  Tel.: (001-473) 444 4565
  Fax: (001-473) 444 2802