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                                                 Registration No. 333-
  
       As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 27, 1997.
  
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549         
  
                                  ----------------
  
                                      FORM S-8
                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                             THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
                              SPECTRALINK CORPORATION
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
                DELAWARE                                     84-1141188
         (State or other juris-                           (I.R.S. Employer
        diction of incorporation                         Identification No.)
           or organization)
  
  
                                5755 CENTRAL AVENUE
                              BOULDER, COLORADO 80301
            (Address, including zip code of Principal Executive Offices)
  
                     SPECTRALINK CORPORATION STOCK OPTION PLAN
                SPECTRALINK CORPORATION EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                             (Full Title of the Plans)
  
                            BRUCE M. HOLLAND, PRESIDENT
                              SPECTRALINK CORPORATION
                                5755 CENTRAL AVENUE
                              BOULDER, COLORADO 80301
                                   (303) 440-5330
                        (Name, address and telephone number,
                     including area code, of agent for service)
  
                                  ----------------
  
                          CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  
  <TABLE>
  <CAPTION>
                                                              
       Title of each class                                         Proposed maximum      Proposed maximum       Amount of
       of securities to be                         Amount to be     offering price     aggregate offering     registration
           registered                               registered        per share(1)            price               fee
       -------------------                       ----------------   ----------------    ------------------     ------------
     <S>                                         <C>                  <C>               <C>                    <C>
     Common Stock, $.01 par value per share      1,250,000 shares     $5.34             $6,675,000             $2,023
  
  </TABLE>
  
  (1)  Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee
       pursuant to Rule 457(c) based upon the average of the high and low selling
       prices reported on the Nasdaq National Market on June 25, 1997.
  
  
  
  
  
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           This Registration Statement is filed in accordance with the provisions
  of General Instruction E to Form S-8. Pursuant thereto, the contents of the
  Registrant's earlier Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.
  333-4650) are hereby incorporated by reference.
  
  
  
                                      PART II
  
                 INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  
  
  
  ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.
  
            5.1    Opinion of Ireland, Stapleton, Pryor & Pascoe, P.C. regarding
                   the legality of the Common Stock being registered.
  
           23.1    Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.
  
           23.2    Consent of Ireland, Stapleton, Pryor & Pascoe, P.C. (included
                   in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
  
           25.1    Power of Attorney (included in Part II of this Registration
                   Statement under the caption "Signatures").
  
  
  
  
  
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                                     SIGNATURES
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
  certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
  requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
  Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
  authorized, in the City of Boulder, State of Colorado, on June 26, 1997.
  
  
                                               SPECTRALINK CORPORATION
  
  
                                                By: /s/ BRUCE M. HOLLAND      
                                                   -------------------------------
                                                   Bruce M. Holland,
                                                   President
  
  
                                 POWER OF ATTORNEY
  
       The undersigned directors and/or officers of the Registrant, by virtue of
  their signatures to this Registration Statement appearing below, hereby
  constitute and appoint Bruce M. Holland or William R. Mansfield, or either of
  them, with full power of substitution, as attorney-in-fact in their names,
  places and steads to execute any and all amendments to this Registration
  Statement in the capacities set forth opposite their names and hereby ratify all
  that said attorneys-in-fact may do by virtue hereof.
  
       PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BELOW BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS IN THE
  CAPACITIES AND ON THE DATES INDICATED.
  
  
  <TABLE>
  <CAPTION>
           Signatures                              Title                                Date
           ----------                              -----                                ----
  <S>                                       <C>                                    <C>
  
  /s/  BRUCE M. HOLLAND                     Principal Executive Officer            June 26, 1997
  --------------------------------------      and Director
       Bruce M. Holland                       
  
  /s/  WILLIAM R. MANSFIELD                 Principal Financial Officer            June 26, 1997
  --------------------------------------      and Principal Accounting Officer
       William R. Mansfield                   
  
  /s/  CARL D. CARMAN                       Director                               June 26, 1997
  --------------------------------------                                                        
       Carl D. Carman
  
  /s/  ROBERT COHN                          Director                               June 26, 1997
  --------------------------------------                                                        
       Robert Cohn
  
  /s/  JOHN W. JARVE                        Director                               June 26, 1997
  --------------------------------------                                                        
       John W. Jarve
  
  /s/  BURTON J. MCMURTRY                   Director                               June 26, 1997
  --------------------------------------                                                        
       Burton J. McMurtry
  
  /s/  F. GIBSON MYERS, JR.                 Director                               June 26, 1997
  --------------------------------------                                                        
       F. Gibson Myers, Jr.
  
  </TABLE>
  
  
  
  
  
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                                   EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  <TABLE>
  <CAPTION>
  
                                                                                          Sequentially
  Exhibit                                                                                   Numbered
    No.                           Description                                                Page
  -------                         -----------                                             ------------
  <S>     <C>                                                                             <C>
   5.1    Opinion of Ireland, Stapleton, Pryor & Pascoe, P.C. regarding
          the legality of the Common Stock being registered.
  
  23.1    Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP. 
  
  23.2    Consent of Ireland, Stapleton, Pryor & Pascoe, P.C. (included
          in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
  
  25.1    Power of Attorney (included in Part II of this Registration
          Statement under the caption "Signatures").
  
  </TABLE>
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                                                 Registration No. 333-
  
       As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 27, 1997.
  
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549         
  
                                  ----------------
  
                                      FORM S-8
                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                             THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
                              SPECTRALINK CORPORATION
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
                DELAWARE                                     84-1141188
         (State or other juris-                           (I.R.S. Employer
        diction of incorporation                         Identification No.)
           or organization)
  
                                5755 CENTRAL AVENUE
                              BOULDER, COLORADO 80301
            (Address, including zip code of Principal Executive Offices)
  
                     SPECTRALINK CORPORATION STOCK OPTION PLAN
                SPECTRALINK CORPORATION EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                             (Full Title of the Plans)
  
                            BRUCE M. HOLLAND, PRESIDENT
                              SPECTRALINK CORPORATION
                                5755 CENTRAL AVENUE
                              BOULDER, COLORADO 80301
                                   (303) 440-5330
                        (Name, address and telephone number,
                     including area code, of agent for service)
  
                                  ----------------
  
                          CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Title of each class                                         Proposed maximum      Proposed maximum       Amount of
       of securities to be                         Amount to be     offering price     aggregate offering     registration
           registered                               registered        per share(1)            price               fee
       -------------------                       ----------------   ----------------    ------------------     ------------
  Common Stock, $.01 par value per share      1,250,000 shares     $5.34             $6,675,000             $2,023
  (1)  Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee
       pursuant to Rule 457(c) based upon the average of the high and low selling
       prices reported on the Nasdaq National Market on June 25, 1997.
  2
           This Registration Statement is filed in accordance with the provisions
  of General Instruction E to Form S-8. Pursuant thereto, the contents of the
  Registrant's earlier Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.
  333-4650) are hereby incorporated by reference.
  
                                      PART II
  
                 INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  
  ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.
  
            5.1    Opinion of Ireland, Stapleton, Pryor & Pascoe, P.C. regarding
                   the legality of the Common Stock being registered.
  
           23.1    Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.
  
           23.2    Consent of Ireland, Stapleton, Pryor & Pascoe, P.C. (included
                   in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
  
           25.1    Power of Attorney (included in Part II of this Registration
                   Statement under the caption "Signatures").
  
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  3
                                     SIGNATURES
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
  certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
  requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
  Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
  authorized, in the City of Boulder, State of Colorado, on June 26, 1997.
  
                                               SPECTRALINK CORPORATION
  
                                                By: /s/ BRUCE M. HOLLAND      
                                                   -------------------------------
                                                   Bruce M. Holland,
                                                   President
  
                                 POWER OF ATTORNEY
  
       The undersigned directors and/or officers of the Registrant, by virtue of
  their signatures to this Registration Statement appearing below, hereby
  constitute and appoint Bruce M. Holland or William R. Mansfield, or either of
  them, with full power of substitution, as attorney-in-fact in their names,
  places and steads to execute any and all amendments to this Registration
  Statement in the capacities set forth opposite their names and hereby ratify all
  that said attorneys-in-fact may do by virtue hereof.
  
       PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BELOW BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS IN THE
  CAPACITIES AND ON THE DATES INDICATED.
  Signatures                              Title                                Date
           ----------                              -----                                ----
  /s/  BRUCE M. HOLLAND                     Principal Executive Officer            June 26, 1997
  --------------------------------------      and Director
       Bruce M. Holland                       
  
  /s/  WILLIAM R. MANSFIELD                 Principal Financial Officer            June 26, 1997
  --------------------------------------      and Principal Accounting Officer
       William R. Mansfield                   
  
  /s/  CARL D. CARMAN                       Director                               June 26, 1997
  --------------------------------------                                                        
       Carl D. Carman
  
  /s/  ROBERT COHN                          Director                               June 26, 1997
  --------------------------------------                                                        
       Robert Cohn
  
  /s/  JOHN W. JARVE                        Director                               June 26, 1997
  --------------------------------------                                                        
       John W. Jarve
  
  /s/  BURTON J. MCMURTRY                   Director                               June 26, 1997
  --------------------------------------                                                        
       Burton J. McMurtry
  
  /s/  F. GIBSON MYERS, JR.                 Director                               June 26, 1997
  --------------------------------------                                                        
       F. Gibson Myers, Jr.
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                                   EXHIBIT INDEX
  Sequentially
  Exhibit                                                                                   Numbered
    No.                           Description                                                Page
  -------                         -----------                                             ------------
  5.1    Opinion of Ireland, Stapleton, Pryor & Pascoe, P.C. regarding
          the legality of the Common Stock being registered.
  
  23.1    Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP. 
  
  23.2    Consent of Ireland, Stapleton, Pryor & Pascoe, P.C. (included
          in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
  
  25.1    Power of Attorney (included in Part II of this Registration
          Statement under the caption "Signatures").