Abstract: A portable wireless video system comprises a pan and tilt mechanism supporting a video camera, and remote wireless mechanism in electronic communication with the pan and tilt mechanism and video camera. The remote wireless mechanism includes a video transmitter for transmitting video signals generated by the video camera and communicated to the remote wireless mechanism. A portable wireless terminal has a receiver and a display for displaying sequenced images from the video signal. The portable wireless terminal also includes a keypad for generating pan and tilt commands which are transmitted to the remote wireless mechanism, which in turn controls the pan and tilt mechanism in response thereto. The camera may be mounted to the top of a tall mast and the video signals may be conveyed to the portable wireless terminal via a cellular phone network.