I figured the front end had kicked the bucket. I tried the
calibrate procedure and it failed right away.
Why would you assume that? This failure wouldn't have anything to do with
the front end. It sounds like a CPU glitch of some sort. The problem's not
likely to be gone forever, but not likely to put the analyzer totally out of
commission, either.
If it happens again, try turning off digital storage and see if that makes a
difference.
-- john KE5FX