EXHIBIT 23.1
 
                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
 
  We consent to the use in this Amendment No. 4 to Registration Statement No.
333-38209 of Communications Instruments, Inc. and subsidiaries on Form S-4 of
our report dated February 14, 1997, appearing in the Prospectus, which is part
of this Registration Statement, and of our report dated February 14, 1997
relating to the financial statement schedule appearing elsewhere in this
Registration Statement.
 
  We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such
Prospectus.
 
                                          Deloitte & Touche LLP
 
Greenville, South Carolina
January 28, 1998