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<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><B>EXHIBIT 23</B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS</B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement No.&nbsp;2-86070 on Form&nbsp;S-8 dated
August&nbsp;23,1983; Registration Statement No.&nbsp;33-30364 on Form&nbsp;S-8 dated August&nbsp;7, 1989; Registration Statement No.&nbsp;33-58750 on
Form&nbsp;S-8 dated February&nbsp;24, 1993; Registration Statement No.&nbsp;33-58752 on Form&nbsp;S-8 dated February&nbsp;24, 1993; Registration Statement
No.&nbsp;33-52487 on Form&nbsp;S-8 dated March&nbsp;2, 1994 and Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Registration Statement
No.&nbsp;33-52487 on Form&nbsp;S-8 dated March&nbsp;3, 1994; Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-12743 on Form&nbsp;S-4 dated
September&nbsp;26, 1996; Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-52575 on Form&nbsp;S-8 dated May&nbsp;13, 1998; Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-57273 on
Form&nbsp;S-8 dated June&nbsp;19, 1998 of our report dated October&nbsp;22, 1998, with respect to the consolidated financial statements incorporated by reference in the Annual Report
(Form&nbsp;10-K) of Andrew Corporation for the year ended September&nbsp;30, 1999.</FONT></P>

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Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP<BR>
Chicago, Illinois<BR>
December&nbsp;20, 1999</FONT></P>

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