Okay I think I figured this out. 

Yes my issue was the cgminer install was bad!  Also, I should have mentioned I am running cgminer on a virtual machine hosted by ESXi from Vmware.  I was able to blow away the cgminer and reinstall it using UBUNTU successfully.  Once I issued my commands:

cgminer -O stratum+tcp://us-east.stratum.slushpool.com:3333 -u xxxxx -p xxxxx x --suggest-diff 512 --gekko-compacf-detect --gekko-compacf-freq 480 --gekko-start-freq 400 --gekko-mine2 --gekko-tune2 60

Everything started to work and I am reporting freq in range 400 to 480.  I may have to decrease the freq of 480 as I do see a lot of "plateau NONONCE adjust: RESET target frequency 480.00MHz -> 400Mhz".  It does adjust up and down every now and then.

Thanks for the assistance!!

Thanks for the help.

I have tried what you suggested, "increasing the --gekko-compacf-freq by increments" without success.  I changed the frequency up to 560 and decided not to further increase.  Let me know what the max I should attempt to use as I can continue.  I am curious if this is the issue in red:

cgminer version 4.12.0 - Started: [2022-02-13 12:21:39:514]
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(5s):93.2G  (1m): 94.58G  (5m):70.48G  (15m):34.34G  (avg):82.2Gh/s
A:7680  R:16384  HW:96  WU:1463.3/m
Connected to us-east.stratum.slushpool.com diff 512 with stratum as user xxxxx.geko
Block: 5f2313d3...  Dif:26.7T  Started: [12.21:39:515]  Best share: 11.9k
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U]SB management [P]ool management S]ettings [D]isplay options [Q]uit
0: GSF 10051399: BM1397:01+ 200.00MHz T:200 P:1904 (21:32) | 100% WU:100% | 98.2G / 86.2Gh/s WU:1484.4/m
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Maybe this maybe related to old drivers for the miner.  Is there anyway to check to see if there is a driver update for the new COMPAC F?  If there is how would you go by updating the software to support the new driver?

In the mean time I have placed an order for a new hub (Bitcoin Merch® - 10 Port Powered USB Hub ONLY 120W 12V 10A) just incase this is power related.

I just recently purchased "3 x GekkoScience COMPAC F with Fan Upgrade + Bitcoin Merch® 7-Port USB Hub - COMBO Up to 1.05+TH/s" from Bitcoin Merch and I am not getting the 1.05+TH/s stated.  Instead I am getting 291.4g from all 3 miners.  Can anyone tell me why this is?  Is it because of the 7-port USB Hub not providing the required power?  Here are the commands I am using to start cgminer: 

cgminer -O stratum+tcp://us-east.stratum.slushpool.com:3333 -u xxxxx -p xxxxx x --suggest-diff 442 --gekko-serial "GS-100xxxxx,GS-100xxxxx,GS-100xxxxx" --gekko-compacf-detect l--gekko-compacf-freq 400 --gekko-start-freq 400 --gekko-mine2 --gekko-tune2 85

Thanks.