Inconsistency using UDP with two ESP8266's

Thanks again for you help on this. I've read your document and then looked at a number of your example files and can see why TCP would be better. I think that TCP is a little beyond my understanding at the moment, I don't fully understand the examples, but I will work through them in detail and try to apply TCP to my project. Your web site is a fantastic resource, I'm sure I will look back at it many times. Thank you.