i can only advise on rfm69 modules here
the modules come fixed to operate in one only of these bands you need one thats legal in your country
315MHz Module
433MHz Module
868MHz Module
915MHz Module

they can do FSK, GFSK, MSK, GMSK and OOK modulation
they are capable of FSK Bit rates up to 300 kb/s subject to
the bandwith / deviation selected the power level used

if you choose to have a packet radio system then the built in
Packet engine can perform CRC-16, AES-128 encyption and data whitening for you
if you network them they can also do Incoming Sync Word Recognition
and make good use of the 66-byte FIFO

they are capable of backwards compatability with older modules like rfm12b


for my network system i created a rfm12b compatable mode with a 5 byte preamble 3 byte syncword that incorporates a 1 byte net id and a 7 bit node id with a 1 bit auto acknowledge req flag , the network can transport node to node packets along with broadcast packets
it operates @434mHZ 50k deviation @17000 bps , with no encryption and a pic generated ccitt_16 crc ,it supports variable length
packets of
1-255 bytes [from memory]

reception can be polled or interrupt driven

there is no simple . I think I have three pages of possible register settings . have you looked at the data sheet or the sample code from the hoperf site ?
I got my initial rf12b system running by studying some of the Arduino libraries and adapting it to my needs


and not make you feel like you need to know rocket science to program those little modules.
it may not be rocket science but !

what did you have in mind ?