RF INDUSTRIES, LTD.                         For Immediate Release
  RF Connectors/Neulink

Investor Contact:                                Company Contact:
 Neil Berkman Associates                          Howard F. Hill
 (310) 277 - 5162                                 President/CEO
 info@berkmanassociates.com                       (858) 549-6340

             RF INDUSTRIES ACQUIRES AVIEL ELECTRONICS

  SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, August 18, 2004 . . . RF INDUSTRIES, LTD.,
(NASDAQ:RFIL) today announced that it has acquired, for cash, Aviel Electronics,
a privately held Las Vegas, Nevada-based manufacturer and marketer of microwave
and radio frequency (RF) connectors. Terms of the acquisition were not
disclosed.
  "Aviel Electronics has a nearly 47 year history serving the microwave
transmission industry, and is an approved vendor to leading aerospace,
electronics, OEM's and government agencies in the United States and abroad. This
acquisition will strengthen our growing line of custom RF coaxial connectors and
enable us to cross market a far broader line of specialty and OEM connector
products to our rapidly growing list of military, aerospace and government
customers," said Howard Hill, president of RF Industires.
  Jack Kaufman, Aviel's president, said, "The acquisition of Aviel Electronics
by RF Industries will significantly expand Aviel's customer base and sales
potential in all our market segments. The growth prospects for Aviel's product
line should make it a major player in the custom connector arena and provide
significant support to the connector markets currently served by RF Industries."

About Aviel Electronics
  Las Vegas-based Aviel Electronics employs 8 people and was profitable on sales
of approximately $1,000,000 for its most recent fiscal year. Connectors include
standard configuration and custom connectors ranging from sub-miniature to type
"L" to Nano-Hex, SMA, SMB, SMC, TNC, BNC, N, SC and HN. Aviel also specializes
in the design and manufacture of non-standard configurations required for
specific applications, hard-to-locate and discontinued connectors for aerospace
and other unique applications.

About RF Industries
  RF Industries' Connector division designs and distributes radio frequency (RF)
coaxial connectors and cable assemblies used for Wi-Fi, PCS, radio, test
instruments, computer networks and antenna devices. Connectors' Bioconnect
Medical cable operation designs, manufactures and distributes specialized
electrical cabling and interconnect products to the medical monitoring market.
The Company's Neulink Division designs and markets wireless digital data
transmission products for industrial monitoring, wide area networks, GPS
tracking and locations systems.


The statements contained in this release which are not historical facts may be
deemed to contain forward-looking statements with respect to events, the
occurrence of which involve risks and uncertainties, including, without
limitation, uncertainties detailed in the Company's Securities and Exchange
Commission filings.


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