EXHIBIT (a)(1)(D)

This email confirms our receipt of your Election Form, which sets forth your
election to exchange your Eligible Option Grant in the Vari-L Stock Option
Exchange Program. This email does not serve as a formal acceptance by Vari-L of
the option designated on your Election Form for exchange. The procedure for
acceptance of an Eligible Option Grant for exchange is described in the Offer to
Exchange previously made available to you.

You may contact Dannette Boyd at dboyd@vari-l.com or at (303) 371-1560 x448 to
request a copy of your stock option account. The exchanged Eligible Option Grant
will be reflected on your stock option account as cancelled, and represent your
right to receive a Replacement Option in accordance with the terms of the Offer
to Exchange.

Please note that you will not have the right to exercise all or any part of the
cancelled option after the date of your Election Form.

Your election to exchange your Eligible Option Grant may be withdrawn or changed
at any time prior to 12:00 midnight, U.S. Mountain Time, on May 23, 2002, the
Expiration Date of the Offer to Exchange.

Please do not respond to this email. You may email questions about the Offer to
Exchange to dboyd@vari-l.com or call Dannette Boyd at (303) 371-1560 x448.



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