LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
For Executing Form ID and Forms, 3, 4, 5 and 144

	The undersigned hereby appoints Martin R. Rosenbaum and Constance Beck,
as the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, signing singly,  for the undersigned,
for such period of time that the undersigned is required to file reports
pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), or Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"), due to the undersigned's affiliation with Nortech
Systems Incorporated, a Minnesota corporation (the "Company"), unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Form ID (Uniform
Application for Access Codes to file on EDGAR) and Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 and
any amendments to previously filed forms in accordance with Section 16(a) of
the Exchange Act or Rule 144 of the Securities Act and the rules
thereunder.

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such
Form ID and Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 and the timely filing of such form with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any other authority
as required by law; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney shall
be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in his or her discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as
the undersigned could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of
the undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities
to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act or Rule 144 of the Securities
Act.

This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 144, Forms 3, 4 and 5
with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company unless earlier revoked by the undersigned
in a writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 9th day of May, 2018.


/s/ Ryan McManus________________________
Signature

Ryan McManus______________________________
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