EXHIBIT 23.1
 
                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
 
  We consent to the use in this Registration Statement 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
October 16, 1997