MSP430F4132 Asynchronous interface to NRF24AP2

I am using an MSP430F4132 to communicates asynchronously with a Nordic Semiconductor NRF24AP2 ANT protocol/Transceiver IC.  The NRF24AP2 does not seem to recognize any of the UART commands that I have sent, although they are at the correct baud rate and the information being sent has been verified with an oscilloscope.  Is there anything incorrect twith the UART setup I have used here:

 void UARTInit(void)
{
    UCA0CTL1 |= UCSWRST;        //disable UART

    P6SEL |= BIT5+BIT6;         // P6.5,6 = USCI_A0 RXD/TXD

    /*    UCPEN = 0;            //parity disabled
        UCMSB = 0;            //LSB first transmission
        UC7BIT = 0;            //8 bit data length
        UCSPB = 0;            //1 stop bit
        UCMODE1 = 0;
        UCMODE0 = 0;                //UART Mode
        UCSYNC = 0;            //asynchronous mode */
    UCA0CTL0 &= 0x00;
   
    /*    UCSSEL0 = 1;
        UCSSEL1 = 0;        //UART runs on ACLK */
    UCA0CTL1 |= UCSSEL0;
   
    UCA0BR0 = 0x06;         // 4800BPS Baud Rate
    UCA0BR1 = 0x00;         //
    UCA0MCTL = 0x0E;        // Modulation   
   
    UCA0CTL1 &= ~UCSWRST;        //initialize UART
    IE2 |= UCA0RXIE;                          // Enable USCI_A0 RX interrupt
                                              // interrupt vector 9
                                             
    /* from sample code msp430x41x2_uscia0_uart_9600
     *   P6SEL |= BIT5+BIT6;                       // P6.5,6 = USCI_A0 RXD/TXD
           UCA0CTL1 |= UCSSEL_1;                     // CLK = ACLK
          UCA0BR0 = 0x03;                           // 32k/9600 - 3.41
          UCA0BR1 = 0x00;                           //
          UCA0MCTL = 0x06;                          // Modulation
          UCA0CTL1 &= ~UCSWRST;                     // **Initialize USCI state machine**
          IE2 |= UCA0RXIE;                          // Enable USCI_A0 RX interrupt
      */
   
} //end UARTInit()

Here is the section from the NRF24AP2 datasheet about communications setup:

"The UART communication is for one start bit, one stop bit, 8 bits of data and no parity.  Data is sent and
received LSBit first. "

Any help would be greatly appreciated, and I have also contacted Nordic Semiconductor about any issues or special handling their chip may have, I just wanted to explore the possibility of an incorrect setup in the MSP430 UART.