A surveillance apparatus comprising: a cambered tape having a first end and a second end,a mount attached to the first end of the cambered tape; a surveillance device attached to the mount for receiving environmental signals,a human interface remote from the surveillance device, a signal interface at the first end for relaying the signals received at the surveillance device to the human interface, a housing and a spooling mechanism mounted at the housing, and being rotatable relative to the housing, and being attached to the second end of the cambered tape, the spooling mechanism being: operable to rotate in a first direction to convert the cambered tape from a coiled condition to an extended condition and thereby pay-out the cambered tape from the housing and operable to rotate in a second direction opposite to the first to convert the cambered tape from the extended condition to the coiled condition and thereby retract the cambered tape into the housing; such that the surveillance device may be supported, remote from the human interface, by paying out the cambered tape , and wherein the signal interface comprises a transmitter at the surveillance device and the human interface comprises a receiver for receiving the first electromagnetic signal, characterised in that the signal interface further comprises an antenna for sending a first electromagnetic signal and arranged along a portion of the cambered tape, and wherein the antenna is substantially planar and sufficiently flexible to be mounted on the cambered tape to conform to the cambered tape in both the coiled condition and the extended condition. a cambered tape having a first end and a second end,a mount attached to the first end of the cambered tape; a surveillance device attached to the mount for receiving environmental signals,a human interface remote from the surveillance device, a signal interface at the first end for relaying the signals received at the surveillance device to the human interface, a housing and a spooling mechanism mounted at the housing, and being rotatable relative to the housing, and being attached to the second end of the cambered tape, the spooling mechanism being: operable to rotate in a first direction to convert the cambered tape from a coiled condition to an extended condition and thereby pay-out the cambered tape from the housing and operable to rotate in a second direction opposite to the first to convert the cambered tape from the extended condition to the coiled condition and thereby retract the cambered tape into the housing; such that the surveillance device may be supported, remote from the human interface, by paying out the cambered tape , and wherein the signal interface comprises a transmitter at the surveillance device and the human interface comprises a receiver for receiving the first electromagnetic signal, characterised in that the signal interface further comprises an antenna for sending a first electromagnetic signal and arranged along a portion of the cambered tape, and wherein the antenna is substantially planar and sufficiently flexible to be mounted on the cambered tape to conform to the cambered tape in both the coiled condition and the extended condition. <EOS>