CUSIP NO. 872386107 13G
1 Name of Reporting Person / IRS Identification Number:
Advisory Research, Inc. / 36-2831881
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2 Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (a) [ ]
(See Instructions) (b) [ ]
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3 SEC Use Only
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4 Citizenship or Place of Organization
Delaware
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Number of
5 Sole Voting Power
Shares 0 Shares
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Beneficially
6 Shared Voting Power
Owned By 484950 Shares
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Each
7 Sole Dispositive Power
Reporting 0 Shares
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Person
8 Shared Dispositive Power
With 484950 Shares
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9 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
484950 Shares
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10 Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain
Shares [ ] (See Instructions)
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11 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)
10.903%
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12 Type of Reporting Person
IA
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CUSIP NO. 872386107 13G
1 Name of Reporting Person / IRS Identification Number:
Advisory Research Microcap Value Fund, L.P. / 36-4440337
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2 Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (a) [ ]
(See Instructions) (b) [ ]
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3 SEC Use Only
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4 Citizenship or Place of Organization
Illinois
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Number of
5 Sole Voting Power
Shares 0 Shares
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Beneficially
6 Shared Voting Power
Owned By 484950 Shares
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Each
7 Sole Dispositive Power
Reporting 0 Shares
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Person
8 Shared Dispositive Power
With 484950 Shares
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9 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
484950 Shares
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10 Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain
Shares [ ] (See Instructions)
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11 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)
10.903%
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12 Type of Reporting Person
PN
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CUSIP NO. 872386107 13G
Item 1 (a) Name of Issuer: Tessco Technologies Inc.
Item 1 (b) Name of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
11126 McCormick Road
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
Item 2 (a) Person Filing - Advisory Research, Inc.
Advisory Research Microcap Value Fund, L.P.
Item 2 (b) Address - 180 North Stetson St., Suite 5500
Chicago, IL 60601
Item 2 (c) Citizenship - Advisory Research, Inc. is a Delaware
Corporation
Advisory Research Microcap Value Fund, L.P.
is an Illinois Entity
Item 2 (d) Title of Class of Securities - Common
Item 2 (e) CUSIP Number - 872386107
Item 3 If this statement is filed pursuant to Rules
13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b), check whether the person
filing is a:
(a) [ ] Broker or Dealer registered under Section
15 of the Act
(b) [ ] Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the
Act
(c) [ ] Insurance Company as defined in Section
3(a)(19) of the Act
(d) [ ] Investment Company registered under
Section 8 of the Investment Company Act
(e) [X] Investment Advisor in accordance with
section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E)
(f) [ ] Employee Benefit Plan or Endowment Fund
in accordance with section 240.13d-1(b)
(1)(ii)(F)
(g) [ ] Parent Holding Company or Control Person
in accordance with secton 13d-1(b)
(1)(ii)(G)
(h) [ ] A savings association as defined in
section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act
(i) [ ] A church plan that is excluded from
the definition of an investment company
under section 3(c)(14) of the Investment
Company Act of 1940
Item 4 Ownership
Advisory Research, Inc. and Advisory Research
Microcap Value Fund, L.P:
(a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 484950 Shares
(b) Percent of Class 10.903%
(c) Number of shares as to which reporting person has:
(i) Sole Voting Power 0 Shares
(ii) Shared Voting Power 484950 Shares
(iii) Sole Dispositive Power 0 Shares
(iv) Shared Dispositive Power 484950 Shares
Item 5 Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:
If this statement is being filed to report the fact
that as of the date hereof the reporting person has
ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five
percent of the class of securities, check the
following [ ]
Item 6 Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of
Another Person: Not Applicable
Item 7 Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary
Which Acquired the Security being Reported on by the
Parent Holding Company: Not Applicable
Item 8 Identification and Classification if Members of
the Group: Not Applicable
Item 9 Notice of Dissolution of Group: Not Applicable
CUSIP NO. 872386107 13G
Item 10 Certification
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my
knowledge and belief, the securities referred to
above were acquired and are held in the ordinary
course of business and were not acquired and are
not held for the purpose of or with the effect of
changing or influencing the control of the issuer
of such securities and were not acquired and are
not held in connection with or as a participant
in any transaction having such purposes or effect.
SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
belief, I certify that the information set forth in this
statement is true, complete and correct.
September 3, 2004
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Date
/s/ Brien M. O'Brien
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Signature
Brien M. O'Brien, Chairman
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Name/Title