EXHIBIT 24

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
                       COMMUNICATIONS INSTRUMENTS, INC.

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose name appears 
below constitutes and appoints Ramzi A. Dabbagh and David Henning and each of
them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for and in his name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities which such person serves or may serve with respect to
Communications Instruments, Inc., to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of
Communications Instruments, Inc. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997,
and any or all amendments to such Annual Report, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or heir or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
by virtue hereof.

This power of attorney has been signed as of the 22nd day of April, 1997, by the
following persons.

/s/ Ramzi A. Dabbagh                      /s/ David Henning
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Ramzi A. Dabbath,                         David Henning,                      
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive    Chief Financial Officer             
Officer, President and Director                                               
                                                                              
/s/ Michael A. Steinbeck                  /s/ G. Daniel Taylor                
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Michael A. Steinbeck,                     G. Daniel Taylor,                   
Chief Operating Officer and Director      Executive Vice President of Business
                                          Development and Director            
                                                                              
/s/ Brian P. Simmons                      /s/ Andrew W. Code                   
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Brian P. Simmons,                         Andrew W. Code,                       
Director                                  Director                            
                                                                              
/s/ Steven R. Brown                       /s/ Jon S. Vesely                    
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Steven R. Brown,                          Jon S. Vesely,                        
Director                                  Director