Exhibit 99.1

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                       PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Quarterly Report of Telecommunications Income Fund IX
(the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending March 31, 2003 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
Thomas J. Berthel, Chief Executive Officer of Berthel Fisher & Company Leasing,
Inc., General Partner of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,
that:

          (1) The Company's Report fully complies with the requirements of
          Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

          (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
          material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
          of the Company.


May 14, 2003                                /s/  Thomas J. Berthel
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                                                 Thomas J. Berthel
                                                 President and Chief Executive
                                                 Officer
                                                 Berthel Fisher & Company
                                                 Leasing, Inc.
                                                 General Partner
                                                 Telecommunications Income
                                                 Fund IX, L.P.