I would use a transceiver like the following;
https://secure.oatleyelectronics.com//product_info.php?cPath=47_77&products_id=388
Ditch the one way RF transmitter & receivers as shown in that circuit, now you can have bi-directional data, and its a couple of dollars extra (33 aussie dollars) so you can do additional things such as secure data transfer by interrogating too see if each data packet 'made it', or a display on the remote control side that shows the voltage of the battery on the remote device