IC-R3 any fun having one of this?

[cdesigns]

Just wondering it's fun to own one of this now?

I used to ave one 3 years ago, but never got time to really play with it, I'm thinking about buying a used one and I was wondering if anyone have Video Action in your area. Nanny cams, Traffica cams, security cameras etc?

[JESSERABBIT]

A good while back I got it to work on my security camera. It took quite a while to find the frequency but it did work. I also was able to get the video of an Amateur Radio station. It was fuzzy but was using the telescoping antenna in the house. I would hate to try this on the parking lot of a retail mall playing with it and have security ask me what I was up to.

[AZScanner]

Had one. Sold it. It was a PITA to program and the video feature wasn't all that impressive. I used to joke with friends that it was the world's most expensive pocket TV. The internet is far more useful for spying on security cameras than this thing was. Just type in the appropriate google hack and you can find unsecured video cams from all over the world.

With the advent and recent proliferation of digital and trunking, the R3 just isn't worth owning IMHO.

-AZ

[IcomTim]

I've been able to get a couple of cameras on mine but the picture was real bad. Probably due to using the little stock antenna. There really isn't much video out there so I have mostly used it as a receiver/scanner.