Exhibit 32.1

                    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-QSB for the period ending September 30, 2004 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),
I, Thomas J. Berthel, Chief Executive Officer of Commercial Power Finance, 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.


November 9, 2004                            /s/  Thomas J. Berthel
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                                                 Thomas J. Berthel
                                                 President and
                                                 Chief Executive Officer
                                                 Commercial Power Finance, Inc.
                                                 General Partner
                                                 Telecommunications Income
                                                 Fund IX, L.P.