Thanks Dave and Charles :-)

But where do I start with hardware ports?

I got the impression reading through the forums that software serin/out and serin2/serout2 and debug would be easier to play around with.
I ssetting up the hardware option just as easy ?

I also read somewhere that serin needs to be setup to look for something first before it starts accepting data ? Is this why I after one keypress, nothing else appears on the LCD ?

Is there a some code I could use just to test the TX/RX function between 2 PIC's using wires ( see my diagram in earlier posts) , once I have that working I can then move onto TX and RX using wireless

Something like setup PIC A to send a string or a byte to PIC B and then have PIC B send the same byte to hyperterminal(pc).

Could I use serin2 first then serout (not serout2) to send the string or byte to hyperterminal(pc).

Have I made the correct choice for send and receive ports ..on both pics PORTC.6 and PORTC.7

Any help or advice would really be appreciated.

Kind regards

Dennis