Heltec Lora 32 No transmit

Hi, Brand new to meshtastic so may be just “finger problems”. However, have just set up a Heltec Lora 32 module and when trying to send a message I receive an instantaneous Max Retransmission Reached message. When looking on my spectrum analyser, no RF signal appears to be transmitted. I have also tried sending a message via the python command panel and experience exactly the same problem. Any suggestions on next steps gratefully received