8-K

                          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                Washington, D.C.  20549


                                      FORM 8-K


                   CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
                       OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):        December 13, 2004
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Exact Name of Registrant as
  Specified in Its Charter:                  CALAMP CORP.
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          DELAWARE                        0-12182              95-3647070
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State or Other Jurisdiction of          Commission          I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization          File Number        Identification No.



Address of Principal Executive Offices:     1401 N. Rice Avenue
                                            Oxnard, CA 93030
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Registrant's Telephone Number, Including
 Area Code:                                    (805) 987-9000
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Former Name or Former Address,
 if Changed Since Last Report:                    Not applicable
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Item 1.01   Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

     Effective December 13, 2004, Steven A. L'Heureux became President of
CalAmp Corp.'s Solutions Division (discussed in Item 5.02 below).  Pursuant
to an employment letter agreement between Mr. L'Heureux and the Company, Mr.
L'Heureux will receive a starting annual base salary of $235,000 and he will
be eligible to receive a discretionary bonus for the fiscal year ending
February 28, 2005 and a bonus payment of up to 60% of his base salary for the
fiscal year ending February 28, 2006.  Payment of any bonus will be dependent
on meeting specific performance objectives.  He also received 100,000 non-
qualified stock options under the Company's 2004 Stock Incentive Plan. He is
also entitled to a relocation allowance of up to $25,000, use of a company
leased apartment for up to nine months and reimbursement of real estate
broker fees of up to $100,000.


Item 5.02   Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of
Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

     Effective December 13, 2004, the Company appointed Steven A. L'Heureux
as President of the Company's Solutions Division.  See Item 1.01 above
regarding the description of the material terms of the Company's employment
letter agreement with Mr. L'Heureux.

     Before joining CalAmp, Mr. L'Heureux, 48, was the President of the
Automation Solutions Group at Encoda Systems, Inc., an enterprise software
solutions provider to the media industry, from 2003 to 2004.  From 1999 to
2003, Mr. L'Heureux served as President of Odetics Broadcast, a subsidiary of
Odetics, Inc., a supplier of equipment for the television broadcast, video
security, telecommunications, and transportation safety industries.

     The Company's press release issued December 13, 2004 announcing this
appointment is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.


Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits

     (c)  Exhibits

          Exhibit 99.1 Press release issued December 13, 2004.



















                              SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be filed on its
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                       CALAMP CORP.



     December 17, 2004	           By:   /s/ Richard K. Vitelle
    _________________                  _________________________
          Date                          Richard K. Vitelle,
                                        Vice President-Finance
                                        (Principal Financial Officer)

EX-99

								EXHIBIT 99.1

                      CalAmp Appoints Steve L'Heureux
                    New President of Solutions Division


Oxnard, CA, December 13, 2004 -- CalAmp Corp. (NASDAQ: CAMP) announced
today that Steve L'Heureux has been appointed President of the Company's
Solutions Division.  Tracy Trent, who formerly served in the role, is leaving
CalAmp to pursue other interests.

Mr. L'Heureux brings to CalAmp over 25 years of sales, marketing and general
management experience in technology companies.  Prior to joining CalAmp, he
served as President of the Automation Solutions Group at Encoda Systems,
Inc., a $125 million leader in end-to-end enterprise software solutions to
the mediaindustry.  Encoda was acquired by Harris Corporation last month.
While with Encoda, Mr. L'Heureux developed a world-class consultative
solutions selling organization skilled at winning and servicing multi-million
dollar projects that drove double-digit revenue and profit growth.  Before
Encoda, Mr. L'Heureux served as President of Odetics Broadcast, a subsidiary
of Odetics, Inc., where he developed and implemented a business plan that
achieved significant improvements in profitability and cash flow.

Earlier in his career, Mr. L'Heureux held management level sales and
marketing positions at Eastman Kodak (NYSE: EK), Unisys Corporation (NYSE:
UIS), Itek Graphix Corporation (a division of Litton Industries), and VC-
funded start-up enterprises developing embedded video processing technology
and other content delivery solutions targeting media related industries.

"I am very pleased to have Steve L'Heureux join our team," said Fred Sturm,
President and Chief Executive Officer of CalAmp.  "We believe that our
company will benefit from his industry experience, proven operational
leadership and business development success. I look forward to working with
him as we position CalAmp as a provider of advanced content delivery
solutions."

Steve L'Heureux commented, "I'm excited to be joining CalAmp's Solution
Division because they are positioned to serve some very exciting markets
where they can leverage their technical depth as well as key customer and
partner relationships.  I'm looking forward to working closely with the
company's customers and employees to help realize the Solutions Division's
growth potential".

Mr. L'Heureux graduated magna cum laude from the University of Wisconsin with
a BA degree in Economics.

About CalAmp Corp.

CalAmp is a leading provider of breakthrough wireless and content delivery
solutions, services and products.  With comprehensive capabilities ranging
from product inception through production, CalAmp is a trusted partner
delivering cost-effective high quality solutions to a broad array of
customers and markets.  CalAmp is one of the largest suppliers of direct
broadcast satellite (DBS) outdoor customer premise equipment to the U.S.
satellite television market and offers solutions for digital multimedia
delivery, residential broadband data delivery, healthcare, retailing
applications, public safety markets and wireless enterpriseconnectivity. The
company is headquartered in Oxnard, California and has approximately
600 employees. Founded in 1981, CalAmp has been publicly traded since 1983 as
NASDAQ: CAMP.

Forward Looking Statement

Statements in this press release that are not historical in nature are
forward-looking statements, which involve known and unknown risks and
uncertainties. Words such as "may," "will," "expects," "intends," "plans,"
"believes," "seeks," "could," "estimate" and variations of these words and
similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
Actual results could differ materially from those implied by such forward-
looking statements due to a variety of factors, including general and
industry economic conditions, competition, development factors, operating
costs, the Company's ability to integrate the Vytek acquisition successfully,
and other risks and uncertainties that are detailed from time to time in the
Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Although the
Company believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking
statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance
that its expectations will be attained.  The Company undertakes no obligation
to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of
new information, future events or otherwise.

For more information, contact:
       Crocker Coulson                          Rick Vitelle
       Partner                                  Chief Financial Officer
       CCG Investor Relations                   CalAmp
       (818) 789-0100                           (805) 987-9000
       crocker.coulson@ccgir.com