EXHIBIT 99.1

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                       RADYNE APPOINTS MYRON WAGNER AS COO

PHOENIX, AZ - January 17, 2006 Radyne Corporation (NASDAQ: RADN) announced today
that Carl Myron Wagner will join the Company as President and Chief Operating
Officer. Myron will assume his new position on January 30, 2006. In addition,
Myron will become a candidate for the title of CEO.

Wagner, 50, most recently was employed with General Dynamics where he served as
Vice President and Director of Engineering for the Space and National Systems
Division since 2004. Prior to joining General Dynamics, Wagner served as the
Vice President and General Manager of Motorola's Instant Communications
Strategic Business Unit where he was responsible for the launch of Motorola's
"Push to Talk" cellular products. Previously, Mr. Wagner was responsible for the
development of cellular interoperability, fixed wireless, and broadband
satellite systems.

"We are delighted that Myron is joining Radyne," said Bob Fitting, Radyne's CEO.
"His proven record of business leadership and successful technology development
will reinforce our strong capabilities in creating, developing and manufacturing
products that meet our customers' needs."

"I am confident that Myron will contribute to Radyne's success and generate
results that benefit our customers, employees and shareholders," continued
Fitting.

Brian Duggan, who has served as Radyne's President and COO, will assume new
responsibilities as the President and General Manager of the rapidly growing
Tiernan HDTV business.

"We are very appreciative of Brian's hard work and want to apply his talents to
one of the most important parts of our firm," said Fitting. "Brian's dedication
to and understanding of the HDTV business made his appointment a natural fit. We
believe that there is tremendous growth and potential for Radyne in this
business."

Also, Radyne announced that Bob Fitting has agreed to a one year extension of
his contract to December 31, 2006. Further details of Mr. Fitting's and Mr.
Wagner's contracts are contained in the Form 8K filed today by the Company with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

ABOUT RADYNE CORPORATION

Radyne Corporation designs, manufactures, sells, integrates and installs
products, systems and software used for the transmission and reception of data
and video over satellite, microwave and cable communication networks. The
Company, through its Tiernan subsidiary, is a supplier of HDTV and SDTV encoding
and transmission equipment. The Xicom Technology subsidiary is a producer of
high power amplifiers for communications applications. Radyne is headquartered
in Phoenix, Arizona, has manufacturing facilities in Phoenix, Arizona and San
Diego, and Santa Clara, California and sales offices in Singapore, Beijing,
Jakarta and the United Kingdom. The Company also has sales and/or service
centers in Sao Paulo, Bangalore, Shanghai and Moscow. For more information,
visit our web site at www.radn.com. Additional information on Xicom is available
at www.xicomtech.com.



Safe Harbor Paragraph for Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes statements that may constitute "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995 (the "Reform Act") and Radyne claims the protection of the safe-harbor
for forward-looking statements contained in the Reform Act. These
forward-looking statements are often characterized by the terms "may,"
"believes," "projects," "expects," or "anticipates," and do not reflect
historical facts. Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and
other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements of
Radyne Corporation and its subsidiaries to be materially different from those
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could
affect Radyne Corporation's results and cause them to materially differ from
those contained in the forward-looking statements contained herein include,
without limitation our belief that Myron Wagner will contribute to the
operational or financial success of the firm, that Mr. Wagner will be a
candidate to become CEO, or that the HDTV business will continue to grow and
increase Radyne sales and profitability.

Other factors that may affect forward-looking statements and the Company's
business generally include but are not limited to:

o    Prospects of the international markets and global economy given that Radyne
     Corporation depends heavily on international sales.
o    A downturn in the evolving telecommunications, television broadcast and
     Internet industries.
o    Risk factors and cautionary statements made in Radyne Corporation's Annual
     Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2004 and in its
     Quarterly Report of Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2005.
o    The effect that acts of international terrorism may have on Radyne
     Corporation's ability to ship products abroad.
o    Other factors that Radyne Corporation is currently unable to identify or
     quantify, but may exist in the future.

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date the statement was made.
Radyne Corporation does not undertake and specifically declines any obligation
to update any forward-looking statements.

Contact: Malcolm Persen, Chief Financial Officer, 602.437.9620