Quote Originally Posted by mbw123
"Just go Manchester all the way."

I will. Thank you for your time and patience.

-Mike

That's my thoughts when using the RF modules. I know there's a dozen different ways of doing the encoding/decoding. As for me, to keep it simple, I just set up a couple of tables at the TX and RX end to do the encoding/decoding for me. On the TX end, send the byte to the subroutine, it kicks me back 2 bytes. At the RX end, send 2 bytes to the subroutine and it kicks back a byte. Simple enough. There are a few 'formulas' out there, I just find the table option to be the easiest.
And don't forget about the 'training' the receiver part. That's the key in my mind. And who knows... Maybe your circuit is a bit less sensitive than mine have always been. Maybe yours can handle straight serial data without encoding. Mine have always been a bit on the sloppy side...electrically and physically...
JDG