EXHIBIT 99.4 - PRESS RELEASE ISSUED JUNE 13, 1997

PRESS RELEASE

ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY
415 N. QUAY STREET
KENNEWICK, WA 99336
509-735-9092 (O)
509-783-5475 (FAX)

         EST ANNOUNCES CASH DISTRIBUTION TO SHAREHOLDERS

KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON --- June 13, 1997 --- Electronic Systems Technology 
Inc. (EST) (OTC: ELST), a manufacturer of wireless modems, announced at 
the Company's annual shareholders' meeting on June 6, 1997, that the 
Company will issue a one-time, noncumulative, chase distribution to 
shareholders of record as of June 20, 1997.  The distribution will be in 
the amount of $0.01 per share of common stock for a total amount of 
$49,536.67, and will be completed by July 11, 1997.

"We had remaining funds from our stock repurchase plan which ended in the 
first quarter of 1997, and we feel a cash distribution would be a good 
opportunity to return value to our shareholders" said T. L. Kirchner, 
EST"s President and CEO.  Electronic Systems Technology, a publicly held 
Company since 1984, was the first Company to develop the wireless modem 
and receive the United States and Canadian patents for this technology. 

Contact EST for more details.

 

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Item no. 1: (graphic material not included in electronic filing format)

The press release was published showing at top left of the press release,
the Electronic Systems Technology, Inc. trademarked company logo, showing 
a black square field containing the stylized letters E S T.