UNITED STATES
                          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):       April 5, 2010
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Exact Name of Registrant as
  Specified in Its Charter:                  CALAMP CORP.
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          DELAWARE                        0-12182              95-3647070
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State or Other Jurisdiction of          Commission          I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization          File Number        Identification No.



Address of Principal Executive Offices:     1401 N. Rice Avenue
                                            Oxnard, CA 93030
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Registrant's Telephone Number, Including
 Area Code:                                    (805) 987-9000
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Former Name or Former Address,
 if Changed Since Last Report:                       Not applicable
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ITEM 5.02  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of
            Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory
            Arrangements of Certain Officers

     Effective April 5, 2010, Michael J. Burdiek, was appointed President and
Chief Operating Officer.  Concurrent with this appointment, Richard Gold,
previously the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, relinquished
the title of President but retained the Chief Executive Officer title and
will continue to serve as the Company's Principal Executive Officer.

     Mr. Burdiek, 50, has served as the Company's Chief Operating Officer
since June 2008 and prior to that served as President of the Company's
Wireless DataCom Division.  Prior to joining the Company in June 2006, Mr.
Burdiek was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Telenetics
Corporation, a publicly held manufacturer of data communications products.
From 2004 to 2005, he worked as an investment partner and advisor to the
Kasten Group in the private equity sector.  From 1987 to 2003, Mr. Burdiek
held a variety of technical and general management positions with Comarco,
Inc., a publicly held company, most recently as Senior Vice President and
General Manager of Comarco's Wireless Test Systems unit.  Mr. Burdiek began
his career as a design engineer with Hughes Aircraft Company.

     In conjunction with Mr. Burdiek's promotion to President and Chief
Operating Officer, his annual base salary was increased from $280,000 to
$320,000.



ITEM 9.01     Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)  Exhibits


     99.1   Press Release of CalAmp Corp. dated April 6, 2010.



                              SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                       CALAMP CORP.


      April 7, 2010              By:   /s/ Richard K. Vitelle
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          Date                          Richard K. Vitelle,
                                        Vice President-Finance
                                        (Principal Financial Officer)