EXHIBIT 23.1
                          CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP


               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

         We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and
to the use of our report dated March 1, 2002 (except Note 13, paragraph 1, as to
which the date is March 22, 2002), with respect to the consolidated financial
statements of RELM Wireless Corporation included in Post-Effective Amendment No.
2 to the Registration Statement (Form S-1 No. 333-75512) and related Prospectus
of RELM Wireless Corporation for the registration of 2,982,859 shares of common
stock underlying common stock purchase warrants.



                              /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Jacksonville, Florida
April 6, 2004