You could look into the nRF24E1 from Nordic: www.nvlsi.no
2.4GHz transceiver with 8051 microcontroller on a single chip. Very very nice, I think.

If you know how to solder them at home, let me know please ;-)

Marcel

Herbert Graf wrote:
>> Ok, so far no one has answered my question.  :-)  Any way to get some
>> decent wireless the old fashioned way w/o having to buy
>> commercial modules?
>
>         IMHO it's simply a better idea to go with the module, in the long run it'll
> be far easier and cheaper to go with a module then to try and build one
> yourself. Wireless is one of those thing that unless you are trying to do
> something academic it's a far better idea for a hobbyist to go with a
> commercial solution. Since the commercial solutions are SO cheap there are
> very few reasons not to choose them. TTYL
>
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