thanks for the helpful replies
I am now testing an arduino with the nrf24ap2 chip from aliexpress by connecting the tx, rc, ground and rtc pins to 3 digital pins on the arduino and of course the ground
for the software I use a modified version of the uploaded code on this site 
http://jbremnant.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/ant-between-msp430-and-android/
to implement the cts/rtc functionality I changed the txMessage function to
digitalWrite(rtspin, LOW);    // sets the LED off
  for(i=0; i<txBufferSize; i++)
  {
    _swuart.write(txBuffer[i]);
    Serial.print(txBuffer[i], HEX);
    Serial.print(' ');
  }
    
  Serial.print('\\n');
  //50 microseconds high cts
  digitalWrite(rtspin, HIGH);    // sets the LED off
  delayMicroseconds(50);  
  digitalWrite(rtspin, LOW);    // sets the LED off 
The whole project can be seen here  [file name=antMaster.zip size=3978]
http://www.thisisant.com/images/fbfiles/files/antMaster.zip[/file] 
but I still cannot get any signal on my phone