EXHIBIT 99.1

           CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 8 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED
            PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

      In connection  with the  Quarterly  Report of  Tel-Instrument  Electronics
Corp.  (the  "Company"),  on Form 10-Q for the period  ending June 30, 2002,  as
filed with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  on the date  hereof  (the
"Report"),  I, Harold K. Fletcher,  President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company,  certify,  pursuant to and solely for the purpose of 18 U.S.C.  Section
1350,  as adopted  pursuant  to Section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002,
that, to my knowledge and based on my review of the Report:

            1.    the Report fully  complies  with the  requirements  of Section
                  13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

            2.    the information  contained in the Report fairly  presents,  in
                  all material respects,  the financial  condition and result of
                  operations of the Company.

                                                   By: /s/ Harold K. Fletcher
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                                                       /s/ Harold K. Fletcher
                                                       Chairman and President

                                                       August 13, 2002