Assuming I'm going to be generating between two to eight words of twelve
bits each in a data stream over a remote control UHF link, what sort of
checksum or CRC is appropriate?

I get the impression that calculating a checksum or a CRC on such small
data streams might be ineffective, because of the probabilities
involved.

For example; sending 24 bits of data followed by a 12 bit arithmetic
checksum ... the chances of corruption affecting one of the 24 bits and
then also one of the 12 bits of checksum to mask the corruption seem to
be higher.

I'm not exactly sure how to express this ... but is there a concern?

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