1231AG - RM21A - Wireless A Transceiver not Broadcasting

All,
A Cisco 1231AG AP has been used for quite awhile with, 802.11b/g only for a few years. The RM21A module was purchased and installed. The module is recognized and the radio interface is visible in the config. The goal was to have the same SSID on the 802.11b/g antenna as the 802.11a antenna. I used a wireless tool "Wifi Analyzer" on my phone to verify that it doesn't see the channel.
Below is my current config, with extraneous pieces removed. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks you all in advance.
no aaa new-model
dot11 ssid NULL
authentication open
authentication key-management wpa optional
infrastructure-ssid
wpa-psk ascii 7 ABC123!@#
bridge irb
interface Dot11Radio0
no ip address
no ip route-cache
encryption mode ciphers aes-ccm
ssid NULL
speed basic-1.0 basic-2.0 basic-5.5 6.0 9.0 basic-11.0 12.0 18.0 24.0 36.0 48.0 54.0
station-role root
bridge-group 1
bridge-group 1 subscriber-loop-control
bridge-group 1 block-unknown-source
no bridge-group 1 source-learning
no bridge-group 1 unicast-flooding
bridge-group 1 spanning-disabled
interface Dot11Radio1
no ip address
no ip route-cache
encryption mode ciphers aes-ccm
ssid NULL
speed 18.0 basic-24.0 36.0 48.0 54.0
station-role root
bridge-group 1
bridge-group 1 subscriber-loop-control
bridge-group 1 block-unknown-source
no bridge-group 1 source-learning
no bridge-group 1 unicast-flooding
bridge-group 1 spanning-disabled
interface FastEthernet0
no ip address
no ip route-cache
duplex auto
speed auto
bridge-group 1
no bridge-group 1 source-learning
bridge-group 1 spanning-disabled
hold-queue 160 in
interface BVI1
ip address 192.168.1.253 255.255.255.0
no ip route-cache
ip default-gateway 192.168.1.254
bridge 1 route ip

Najaf,
Below is the output of the command:
show dot11 carrier busy
Frequency Carrier Busy %
5180 0
5200 0
5220 0
5240 0
5260 0
5280 0
5300 0
5320 0
5745 0
5765 0
5785 0
5805 0
NetTechAP#
Frequency Carrier Busy %
5180 0
5200 0
5220 0
5240 0
5260 0
5280 0
5300 0
5320 0
5745 0
5765 0
5785 0
5805 0
Also, the tool looks like if an SSID is broadcasting it will pick it up. In addition, if the SSID is already programmed into the phone it will pick it up. Please see the photo below for what it looks like. From what I see (look at the top for a view of the work 802.11a spectrum) it is clean.

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