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<DESCRIPTION>CERTIFICATION BY CEO
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                                                                    Exhibit 99.1



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


In connection with the Quarterly  Report of RF Industries,  Ltd. (the "Company")
on Form 10-QSB for the period ended July 31, 2002, as filed with the  Securities
and Exchange  Commission  (the  "Report"),  I, Howard F. Hill,  Chief  Executive
Officer of the Company,  certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  ss.  1350,  as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)  The 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.



/s/ Howard F. Hill
   -----------------------
    Howard F. Hill
    Chief Executive Officer
    September 16, 2002






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