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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0203</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2009-09-17</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001002135</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>WESTELL TECHNOLOGIES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>WSTL</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001470132</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Foskett Robert W</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>750 NORTH COMMONS DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>AURORA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60504</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class B Common Stock</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>564835</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Voting Trust</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Holders of Class B Common Stock have four votes per share and holders of Class A Common Stock have one vote per share.  Class B Common Stock is transferable only to certain transferees and is convertible into Class A Common Stock on a share-for-share basis.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The shares of Class B Commons Stock listed are held pursuant to a Voting Trust Agreement dated February 23, 1994, as amended (the &quot;Voting Trust&quot;), among Robert C. Penny III and Melvin J. Simon, as trustees, and certain members of the Penny family and the Simon family. The Voting Trust contains 564,835 shares of Class B Common Stock held for the benefit of Mr. Foskett.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Robert W. Foskett</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-09-17</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
