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                          Independent Auditors' Consent

The Board of Directors
Comtech Telecommunications Corp.:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (No.
2-89857) on Form S-8 of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. of our report dated
September 18, 1998, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Comtech
Telecommunications Corp. and subsidiaries as of July 31, 1998 and 1997, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash
flows and related schedule II for each of the years in the three-year period
ended July 31, 1998, which report appears in the July 31, 1998 annual report on
Form 10-K of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. and subsidiaries.


                                          /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

                                          KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP

Melville, New York
September 18, 1998