#### **Exhibit 31.1**

Certification

I, Michael J. Degen,certify that:

1.               I have reviewedthis annual report on Form 10-K of Nortech Systems, Inc. and Subsidiary;

2.               Based on myknowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of amaterial fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statementsmade, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.               Based on myknowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information includedin this report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, andfor, the periods presented in this report;

4.               The registrant’s othercertifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and15d-14) for the registrant and we have:

a)              Designed suchdisclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the registrant, including its consolidatedsubsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularlyduring the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)             Evaluated theeffectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in the report our conclusions about the effectiveness of thedisclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by thisreport on such evaluation; and

c)              Disclosed in thisreport any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reportingthat occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (theregistrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

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5.               The registrant’sother certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recentevaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’sauditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (orpersons performing the equivalent functions):

a)              All significant deficienciesin the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting whichare reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)             Any fraud, whether ornot material, that involves management or other employees who have asignificant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 
| Date: March 8, 2007 | ** ** | **By:** | ** ** | **/s/  Michael J. Degen**    |
|---------------------|------------|---------|------------|------------------------------|
|                |       |    |       | Michael J. Degen             |
|                |       |    |       | Chief Executive Officer      |
|                |       |    |       | Nortech Systems Incorporated |

 

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