diff --git a/Decoder/decodedtext.cpp b/Decoder/decodedtext.cpp
index e476ecb9b..04a5cc87e 100644
--- a/Decoder/decodedtext.cpp
+++ b/Decoder/decodedtext.cpp
@@ -165,7 +165,13 @@ QString DecodedText::call() const
 // get the second word, most likely the de call and the third word, most likely grid
 void DecodedText::deCallAndGrid(/*out*/QString& call, QString& grid) const
 {
-  auto const& match = words_re.match (message_);
+  auto msg = message_;
+  auto p = msg.indexOf ("; ");
+  if (p >= 0)
+    {
+      msg = msg.mid (p + 2);
+    }
+  auto const& match = words_re.match (msg);
   call = match.captured ("word2");
   grid = match.captured ("word3");
   if ("R" == grid) grid = match.captured ("word4");
diff --git a/widgets/mainwindow.cpp b/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
index f54355842..d48266e57 100644
--- a/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -4607,6 +4607,13 @@ void MainWindow::processMessage (DecodedText const& message, Qt::KeyboardModifie
     return;
   }
 
+  // ignore calls by other hounds
+  if (SpecOp::HOUND == m_config.special_op_id()
+      && message.messageWords ().indexOf (QRegularExpression {R"(R\+-[0-9]+)"}) >= 0)
+    {
+      return;
+    }
+
   QString firstcall = message.call();
   if(firstcall.length()==5 and firstcall.mid(0,3)=="CQ ") firstcall="CQ";
   if(!m_bFastMode and (!m_config.enable_VHF_features() or m_mode=="FT8")) {