LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
For Executing Form ID and Forms, 3, 4, 5 and 144

	The undersigned hereby appoints Mark Hooley and
Alan Nordstrom, as the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact,
signing singly, for the undersigned, for such period of
time that the undersigned is required to file reports
pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or Rule 144 of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), due to the undersigned's affiliation with Nortech
Systems Incorporated,  a Minnesota corporation (the
"Company"), unless earlier revoked by the undersigned
in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-
in-fact, to:
(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Form ID
(Uniform Application for Access Codes to file on EDGAR) and
Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 and any amendments to previously filed
forms in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act or
Rule 144 of the Securities Act and the rules thereunder.
(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of
the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
the execution of any such Form ID and Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144
and the timely filing of such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any other authority as
required by law; and
(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of
such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best
interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-
in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited
Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain
such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may
approve in his or her discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as
ully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do
if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited
Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are
not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Exchange Act or Rule 144 of the Securities Act.
This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 144, Forms
3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power
of Attorney to be executed as of this 13th day of May, 2021.

/s/Stacy Kruse (signature)
Stacy A. Kruse (name printed)