Quote Originally Posted by mister_e
just my 2 cents, not on the code but... RF and breadboard are poor friends.. you really want to monitor what goes out of your receiver before using it. You may need to clean the signal before.

Once again, RF and breadboard are poor friends.
True, but I've made some really sloppy stuff with the Rentron RF Tx and Rx modules (sloppy as in electrically sloppy, not to mention the wiring looked like a rats nest), and it's always worked fine, albiet the range suffered because of the way it was put together. And the RF itself is constrained to the modules, it doesn't flow onto the breadboard (well, except for whatever is induced).
I'm almost positive there is something more fundamental, more basic, going on with the way he's setting things up (kinda like the familiar 'not turning off the comparators' thing).
Hopefully, we'll get it ironed out soon...
JDG