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I went through the maintenance manual (version 14221-1200-5000, Rev. B) and the list of error codes starts on page 102. In the last actual terminal message that came into Putty was error code 509 "Increased Personality files are not present". I found it in the category "Personality Interface Fatal System Error Codes" starting on the bottom of page 104 and the full error code is 0x5509.

So far I have failed at getting it to respond again in the same way as in that Putty screenshot. Don't know which blindly sent command triggered the response as I was desperately trying everything in the command list. ;-)
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Usually, these errors are old and when you power cycle the radio, it undoes the defragmenting then removes old data. A few power cycles and the errors are gone.
 

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Has anyone ever seen this error on the serial port before?

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I did try resetting the Flash memory but that didn't solve the issue.
This issue seems to be preventing me from updating the TCXO's AFC value to re-center the radio's frequency.

Suggestions?
Almost always. It doesn't mean much when you continue with Putty. Adjusting the TCXO is documented in a TSM
 
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