content: 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 )  February 14, 1997
  
  
  
                   CINCINNATI MICROWAVE, INC.                
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
  
  
  
          Ohio        	            0-13136         31-0903863      
  (State or other jurisdiction			(Commission			(I.R.S. Employer
           of incorporation)		 	File Number)			Identification No.)
  
  
  
  One Microwave Plaza, Cincinnati, Ohio    	           45249-9502             
  (Address of principal executive office) 	            (Zip Code)
  
  
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code	 (513) 489-5400   
  
  
  
  (Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed
   since last report)
  
  Form 8-K								Cincinnati Microwave, Inc.
  
  Item 3.   Bankruptcy or Receivership
  
  	On February 14, 1997, Cincinnati Microwave, Inc. filed a voluntary petition
  for relief under Chapter 11, Title 11 of the United States Code in the
  United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Western
  Division, in Cincinnati, Ohio (Case No. 1-97-10882).  The Company will
  continue in possession of its estate as a debtor in possession.
  
  Form 8-K				Cincinnati Microwave, Inc.
  
  Item 7.   Financial Statements and Exhibits
  
  (c) Exhibits.
  
  	99(i) - Press release of Cincinnati Microwave, Inc. dated February 14, 1997.
  
  
  SIGNATURES
  
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
  Cincinnati Microwave, Inc. has duly caused this report to be signed on its
  behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
  
  February 14, 1997
  
  CINCINNATI MICROWAVE, INC.
  
  By                                                 
  Elaine M. Bacon
  Assistant Corporate Secretary
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text: 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 )  February 14, 1997
  
                   CINCINNATI MICROWAVE, INC.                
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
          Ohio        	            0-13136         31-0903863      
  (State or other jurisdiction			(Commission			(I.R.S. Employer
           of incorporation)		 	File Number)			Identification No.)
  
  One Microwave Plaza, Cincinnati, Ohio    	           45249-9502             
  (Address of principal executive office) 	            (Zip Code)
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code	 (513) 489-5400   
  
  (Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed
   since last report)
  
  Form 8-K								Cincinnati Microwave, Inc.
  
  Item 3.   Bankruptcy or Receivership
  
  	On February 14, 1997, Cincinnati Microwave, Inc. filed a voluntary petition
  for relief under Chapter 11, Title 11 of the United States Code in the
  United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Western
  Division, in Cincinnati, Ohio (Case No. 1-97-10882).  The Company will
  continue in possession of its estate as a debtor in possession.
  
  Form 8-K				Cincinnati Microwave, Inc.
  
  Item 7.   Financial Statements and Exhibits
  
  (c) Exhibits.
  
  	99(i) - Press release of Cincinnati Microwave, Inc. dated February 14, 1997.
  
  SIGNATURES
  
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
  Cincinnati Microwave, Inc. has duly caused this report to be signed on its
  behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
  
  February 14, 1997
  
  CINCINNATI MICROWAVE, INC.
  
  By                                                 
  Elaine M. Bacon
  Assistant Corporate Secretary