FOR:   RELM Wireless Corp.

                                    APPROVED BY:   William P. Kelly
                                                   EVP & Chief Financial Officer
                                                   321-984-1414
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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                                 RELM ANNOUNCES
                      NOBLE INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENTS, INC.
                          HAS DECLARED UNITS SEPARATED

WEST MELBOURNE, FL, March 11, 2002 - RELM Wireless Corporation (NASDAQ: RELM)
today announced that its standby underwriter, Noble International Investments,
Inc., has declared that the units to be offered pursuant to the prospectus dated
February 11, 2002, will be separated immediately upon their issuance, which is
expected to occur on March 21, 2002. Units are comprised of one share of RELM
common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of RELM common stock.

As a result of the separation, on the issuance date, purchasers of RELM's units
will receive one share of common stock and one common stock purchase warrant.
Immediately upon separation, RELM's units will expire. Shares of RELM common
stock, will continue to be traded on the NASDAQ Small-Cap Market, while the
warrants are expected to be traded on the National Association of Securities
Dealers Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board.

For over 55 years, RELM has manufactured and marketed two-way FM business-band
radios as well as high-specification public safety mobile and portable radios,
repeaters and accessories, base station components and subsystems. Products are
manufactured and distributed worldwide under RELM Communications, Uniden PRC and
BK Radio brand names. Relm maintains its headquarters in West Melbourne, Florida
and can be contacted through its web site at www.relm.com or directly at
1-800-648-0947.

Forward-looking statements (statements which are not historical facts) in this
release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For this purpose, any statements
contained in this report that are not statements of historical fact may be
deemed to be forward-looking statements. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, words such as "may," "will," "to," "expect," "believe," "anticipate,"
"intend," "could," "would," "estimate," or "continue" or the negative or other
variations thereof or comparable terminology are intended to identify
forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking
statements involve risk and uncertainties. Relm stockholders are subject to the
risks and uncertainties described in Relm's filings with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2000 and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended
March 31, 2001, June 30, 2001 and September 30, 2001.

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