So I thought I'd try out a wireless video camera on one of my tanks. Good fun, but the PAL cameras that are sold in the UK seem to be limited to 50mw - unlike the NTSC versions that output 200mw. As a consequence the range is pretty poor. I managed to get better coverage of my garden by using a scanner antenna that's up on our roof. At 1.2GHz it not perfect but better than the whip that came with the unit. One down-side to remote viewing - the Panzer eventually came home minus the outer half-of three of the top track rollers. I walked back over the routes I took but only managed to find one in the grass []

The camera came from here: http://www.paramountzone.com/microcam.htm

One thing that I'm a bit unhappy about is the photo on the website shows a different product to one they sent me. The photo on on the website shows a version that has a 4-way switch for 4 different RF channels. I wanted this so I could get another and run two video-equipped tanks for tele-combat. I wish online retailers would take more care when they display their items.