diff --git a/displaytext.cpp b/displaytext.cpp
index fad222761..094099e90 100644
--- a/displaytext.cpp
+++ b/displaytext.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ void DisplayText::setContentFont(QFont const& font)
   cursor.mergeCharFormat (m_charFormat);
   cursor.clearSelection ();
   cursor.movePosition (QTextCursor::End);
+
+  // position so viewport scrolled to left
+  cursor.movePosition (QTextCursor::Up);
+  cursor.movePosition (QTextCursor::StartOfLine);
+
   setTextCursor (cursor);
   ensureCursorVisible ();
 }
@@ -40,11 +45,9 @@ void DisplayText::mouseDoubleClickEvent(QMouseEvent *e)
   QTextEdit::mouseDoubleClickEvent(e);
 }
 
-void DisplayText::insertLineSpacer()
+void DisplayText::insertLineSpacer(QString const& line)
 {
-    QString tt="----------------------------------------";
-    QString bg="#d3d3d3";
-    _insertText(tt,bg);
+  _insertText (line, "#d3d3d3");
 }
 
 void DisplayText::_insertText(const QString text, const QString bg)
@@ -59,6 +62,11 @@ void DisplayText::_insertText(const QString text, const QString bg)
     cursor.movePosition (QTextCursor::End, QTextCursor::KeepAnchor);
     cursor.mergeCharFormat (m_charFormat);
     cursor.clearSelection ();
+
+    // position so viewport scrolled to left
+    cursor.movePosition (QTextCursor::Up);
+    cursor.movePosition (QTextCursor::StartOfLine);
+
     setTextCursor (cursor);
     ensureCursorVisible ();
 }
diff --git a/displaytext.h b/displaytext.h
index 0c481ab3d..7bca6a0eb 100644
--- a/displaytext.h
+++ b/displaytext.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public:
     explicit DisplayText(QWidget *parent = 0);
 
     void setContentFont (QFont const&);
-    void insertLineSpacer();
+    void insertLineSpacer(QString const&);
     void displayDecodedText(DecodedText decodedText, QString myCall, bool displayDXCCEntity,
                             LogBook logBook, QColor color_CQ, QColor color_MyCall,
                             QColor color_DXCC, QColor color_NewCall);
diff --git a/mainwindow.cpp b/mainwindow.cpp
index f9dd1b6fc..4beabefe5 100644
--- a/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1384,10 +1384,16 @@ void MainWindow::readFromStdout()                             //readFromStdout
             msgBox("Cannot open \"" + f.fileName () + "\" for append:" + f.errorString ());
           }
 
-        if(m_config.insert_blank () && m_blankLine)
+        if (m_config.insert_blank () && m_blankLine)
           {
-            ui->decodedTextBrowser->insertLineSpacer();
-            m_blankLine=false;
+            QString band;
+            if (QDateTime::currentMSecsSinceEpoch() / 1000 - m_secBandChanged > 50)
+              {
+                auto const& bands_model = m_config.bands ();
+                band = ' ' + bands_model->data (bands_model->find (m_dialFreq + ui->TxFreqSpinBox->value ())).toString ();
+              }
+            ui->decodedTextBrowser->insertLineSpacer (band.rightJustified  (40, '-'));
+            m_blankLine = false;
           }
 
         DecodedText decodedtext;
@@ -2513,7 +2519,8 @@ void MainWindow::acceptQSO2(bool accepted)
 {
   if(accepted)
     {
-      QString band = ADIF::bandFromFrequency ((m_dialFreq + ui->TxFreqSpinBox->value ()) / 1.e6);
+      auto const& bands_model = m_config.bands ();
+      auto band = bands_model->data (bands_model->find (m_dialFreq + ui->TxFreqSpinBox->value ())).toString ();
       QString date = m_dateTimeQSO.toString("yyyy-MM-dd");
       date=date.mid(0,4) + date.mid(5,2) + date.mid(8,2);
       m_logBook.addAsWorked(m_hisCall,band,m_modeTx,date);