SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549


SCHEDULE 13G

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 9)*

TCI INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(name of issuer)

Common Stock $.01 par value per share
(Title of Class of Securities)

872293-10-5
(CUSIP Number)

Check the following box if a fee is being paid 
with this statement (    ).  (A fee is not 
required only if the filing person:  (1) has a 
previous statement on file reporting 
beneficial ownership of more than five percent 
of the class of securities described in Item 
1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent 
thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five 
percent or less of such class.)  (See Rule 
13d-7.)

*The remainder of this cover page shall be 
filled out for a reporting person's initial 
filing of this form with respect to the 
subject class of securities, and for any 
subsequent amendment containing information 
which would alter the disclosures provided in 
a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of 
this cover page shall not be deemed to be 
`filed' for the purpose of Section 18 of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (`Act') or 
otherwise subject to the liabilities of that 
section of the Act but shall be subject to all 
other provisions of Act (however, see the 
Notes).

1.  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON/S.S. OR I.R.S. 
    IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON:
    TCI International Inc. Employee Stock 
    Ownership Plan (formerly the 
    Technology for Communications 
    International Employee Stock Ownership
    Plan)     94-2431209

2.  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A 
    GROUP    (a)  (    )   (b)  (    )

3.  SEC USE ONLY

4.  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION: 
    California

12/31/97
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED 
BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
(See disclaimer in Item 4)

5.  SOLE VOTING POWER 
    (See disclaimer in Item 4)            0

6.  SHARED VOTING POWER                   0

7.  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER          507,307

8.  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER         48,297


9.  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY 
    OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON  555,604
    (See disclaimer in Item 4)

10.  CHECK IF AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN 
     ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES   (  )

11.  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED 
     BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9               17.3%

12.  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON            EP

CUSIP NO. 872293-10-5     Schedule 13G
PAGE 2 OF 2 PAGES

Item 1(a): Name of Issuer:

           TCI International,Inc.

Item 1(b): Address of Issuer's Principal 
           Executive Offices:

           222 Caspian Drive, 
           Sunnyvale, CA 94089

Item 2(a): Name of Person Filing:

           TCI International Inc. Employee 
           Stock Ownership Plan (formerly the 
           Technology for Communications 
           International Employee Stock 
           Ownership Plan)

Item 2(b): Address of Principal Business  
           Office:

           222 Caspian Drive, 
           Sunnyvale, CA 94089

Item 2(c): Citizenship:

           California

Item 2(d): CUSIP Number

           872293-10-5

Item 3: Type of Reporting Person:

        Employee Benefit Plan which is subject 
        to the provisions of the Employee 
        Retirement Income Security Act of 1974

Item 4: Ownership

The information in Items 5-11 on the cover
page is incorporated by reference.

Note:    TCI International Inc. Employee Stock 
Ownership Plan (the "Plan") disclaims 
beneficial ownership of TCI International Inc. 
common stock held as of December 31, 1997 in 
trust for inactive Plan participants over 
which the Plan does not have discretionary 
voting authority or full discretion to 
purchase or dispose of securities (48,297 
shares as of December 31,1997) or for shares 
held in trust for active plan participants 
over which the Plan does not have 
discretionary voting authority (507,307 shares 
as of December 31, 1997) and the filing of 
this statement 13G shall not be construed as 
an admission that the Plan is the beneficial 
owner of any securities described in this 
sentence.

Item 5: Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a 
        Class:

        N/A

Item 6: Ownership of More than Five Percent on 
        Behalf of Another Person:

        Shares are held in trust for the 
        participants of the Employee Stock 
        Ownership Plan.  No Plan participant 
        is known to have such interest with 
        respect to more than 5% of the class 
        except as follows:  
        (i) John W. Ballard II and 
        (ii) E.M.T.Jones

Item 7: Identification and Classification of 
        the Subsidiary which Acquired the
        Security Being Reported on by the 
        Parent Holding Company:

        N/A

Item 8: Identification and Classification of 
        Members of the Group:

        N/A

Item 9: Notice of Dissolution of Group:

        N/A

Item 10: Certification:

         By signing below I certify that, to 
         the best of my knowledge and belief, 
         the securities referred to above were 
         acquired in the ordinary course of 
         business and were not acquired for 
         the purpose of and do not have the 
         effect of changing or influencing the 
         control of the issuer of such 
         securities and were not acquired in 
         connection with or as a participant 
         in any transaction having such 
         purpose or effect.

         After reasonable inquiry and to the 
         best of my knowledge and belief, I 
         certify that the information set 
         forth in this statement is true, 
         complete and correct.

Date:     January 13, 1998


Signature: /S/ John W. Ballard II

Name and Title:  John W. Ballard II
                 Administrative Committee 
                 Member,
                 TCI International Inc. 
                 Employee Stock Ownership Plan