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<ownershipDocument>
    <schemaVersion>X0201</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>
   <periodOfReport>2003-10-16</periodOfReport>
    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000039020</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>FEI</issuerTradingSymbol>
   </issuer>
   <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001191171</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>FRUEHAUF HUGO</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>FEI-ZYFER, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>1585 S. MANCHESTER AVE.</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ANAHEIM</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>92802-2907</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
            <reportingOwnerRelationship>
         <isDirector>0</isDirector>
         <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
         <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
         <isOther>0</isOther>
         <officerTitle>President, FEI-Zyfer, Inc.</officerTitle>
      </reportingOwnerRelationship>
   </reportingOwner>
 <nonDerivativeTable>
   <nonDerivativeHolding>
      <securityTitle>
         <value>Common Stock</value>
      </securityTitle>
      <postTransactionAmounts>
         <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
           <value>5515</value>
         </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
      </postTransactionAmounts>
      <ownershipNature>
         <directOrIndirectOwnership>
            <value>D</value>
         </directOrIndirectOwnership>
      </ownershipNature>
   </nonDerivativeHolding>
 </nonDerivativeTable>
 <derivativeTable>
   <derivativeHolding>
      <securityTitle>
         <value>Incentive Stock Option</value>
      </securityTitle>
      <conversionOrExercisePrice>
         <value>8.33</value>
      </conversionOrExercisePrice>
      <exerciseDate>
         <value>2004-05-27</value>
            <footnoteId id="F1"/>
      </exerciseDate>
      <expirationDate>
         <value>2013-05-26</value>
            <footnoteId id="F2"/>
      </expirationDate>
      <underlyingSecurity>
         <underlyingSecurityTitle>
           <value>Common Stock</value>
         </underlyingSecurityTitle>
         <underlyingSecurityShares>
           <value>15000</value>
         </underlyingSecurityShares>
      </underlyingSecurity>
      <ownershipNature>
         <directOrIndirectOwnership>
           <value>D</value>
         </directOrIndirectOwnership>
      </ownershipNature>
   </derivativeHolding>
 </derivativeTable>
   <footnotes>
      <footnote id="F1"> Option grants are exercisable on a cumulative basis as to one-quarter of the total number of shares covered by the grant on each of the first, second, third and fourth anniversary dates of the date of option grant.</footnote>

      <footnote id="F2"> Options expire ten years after the date of grant.</footnote>
   </footnotes>
   <remarks>Mr. Fruehauf was elected an officer of Frequency Electronics, Inc. at the meeting of the board of directors on October 16, 2003.</remarks>
   <ownerSignature>
      <signatureName>Hugo Fruehauf</signatureName>
      <signatureDate>2003-10-21</signatureDate>
   </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

