UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 3
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section
17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company
Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Jacobs, Robert
1900 Ave of the Stars #2850
Los Angeles, Ca 90067
USA
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
2/13/98
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
RF INDUSTRIES, LTD
(RFIL)
4. Statement for Month/Year
03/99
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
(x ) Director ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
(specify below)
6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
(X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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(TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Form: Direct Ownership (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect
(I) (Instr. 5)
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RF Industries Common Stock 20,000 D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, SEE Instruction 5(b)(v). SEC 1473 (7-97)
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FORM 3 (CONTINUED) TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE
SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) cisable and Underlying Derivative Security sion or ship Beneficial
Expiration (Instr. 4) Exercise Form of Ownership
Date Price of Deriv- (Instr. 5)
(Month/Day/ Deri- ative
Year) vative Security:
-------------------------------------------------- Security Direct
Amount (D) or
Date Expir- or Indirect
Exer- ation Title Number (I)
cisable Date of
Shares (Instr. 5)
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Non-Qualified Stock Option 10/31/98 10/31/2007 Common Stock 15,900 $2.13 D
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Non-Qualified Stock Option 10/31/99 10/31/2008 Common Stock 2,000 $1.59 D
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Explanation of Responses:
/s/ Robert Jacobs March 31, 1999
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations. SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If
space is insufficient, SEE Instruction 6 for procedure.
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