Since RJ suggested, I'll post a little on my results.
After assembling the new transceiver and a couple new beta LE-RX, I created a moving lighting violation and drove around the neighbood to see what success I would have. The picture below should say it all. The leaves were already starting to show on some trees so there is plenty of green barrier that the signal was attempting to get through. At the top end of the path, the view of the truck through the turn-around (about 100 ft further than the line) was fairly clear and only when cab of the truck got in the way of the direct signal did the signal degrade, but it picked back up at the point indicated. On the south end just a few feet beyond the indicated line end point, is a street intersection, the signal was compromised as the truck entered the intersection but not completely dead. Here the signal was passing through one house and very large pine trees.
The set up on the truck was being driven by two LE's, with a ver 2 LE-RX receiving the signal on one, and a version 2 transceiver, set as receiver, on the second. It was my impression that the ver 2 LE-RX was as good a receiver as the transceiver. The ver 1 LE-RX is equal to the Ver 2 LE-RX, minus the LEDs, so I did not worry about taking the Ver 1 out on a run. Based on the results, I suspect that the Ver 1 external receiver with the external antenna, may actually be good for a little more distance, but I did not test this theory as being able to go the equivalent of 2 full blocks was more than enough.
Other obsticles, I did find that standing just a few feet directly in front of the receiver, would significantly disrupt the signal. So putting the receiver in the middle of a crowd may not give the desired results.
Final thought........ This is gonna be a FUN year !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Say tuned!
Larry