5 0000022701 COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 1 U.S. DOLLARS 3-MOS DEC-31-1998 JAN-01-1998 MAR-31-1998 1 24,237,579 776,175 11,798,891 822,000 19,748,131 57,217,285 27,737,685 17,620,729 78,351,645 9,423,229 0 0 0 463,388 68,465,028 78,351,645 17,486,063 17,486,063 12,242,094 12,242,094 2,958,377 0 1,261 2,744,223 550,000 2,194,223 0 0 0 2,194,223 0.24 0.23