EXHIBIT 23.1
 
                        CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
 
   
    We consent to the use in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration
Statement No. 333-35557 of Telecommunications Income Fund XI, L.P. of our
reports dated September 4, 1997 related to Telecommunications Income Fund XI,
L.P. and March 5, 1998 related to Berthel Fisher & Company Leasing, Inc.
(General Partner), appearing in the Prospectus which is part of this
Registration Statement.
    
 
    We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such
Prospectus.
 
   
Deloitte & Touche LLP
    
 
   
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
August 17, 1998