EXHIBIT 20.1


               CALIFORNIA AMPLIFIER ANNOUNCES INFORMAL SEC INQUIRY

     Camarillo, CA - May 4, 2001 -- California Amplifier (Nasdaq: CAMPE)
     announced today that it had received notice from the Securities and
     Exchange Commission ("SEC") that the SEC is conducting an informal inquiry
     into the circumstances that caused the Company to announce that it would be
     restating earnings for fiscal year 2000 and certain interim quarter of
     fiscal year 2001. The Company intends to cooperate with the SEC inquiry.

     Forward looking statements in this press release are made pursuant to the
     safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
     1995 and reflect the Company's current views with respect to future events
     and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including, without
     limitation, product demand, market growth, new competition, new
     technologies, the ongoing internal financial investigation, litigation and
     related matters, and other risks and uncertainties that are detailed from
     time to time in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities
     and Exchange Commission, copies of which may be obtained from the Company
     upon request. Such risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to
     differ materially from historical results or those anticipated. Although
     the Company believes the expectations reflected in its forward-looking
     statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance
     that its expectations will be attained. The Company undertakes no
     obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
     result of new information, future events or otherwise.


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         For more information contact:
         Michael Ferron
         Chief Financial Officer
         California Amplifier, Inc.
         805/987-9000
         mferron@calamp.com