diff --git a/widgets/mainwindow.cpp b/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
index 23fa97772..54422a8b7 100644
--- a/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -4076,7 +4076,10 @@ void MainWindow::startTx2()
     t=ui->tx6->text();
     if(t.mid(0,1)=="#") snr=t.mid(1,5).toDouble();
     if(snr>0.0 or snr < -50.0) snr=99.0;
-    if((m_ntx==6 or m_ntx==7) and m_config.force_call_1st()) ui->cbFirst->setChecked(true);
+    if((m_ntx==6 or m_ntx==7) and m_config.force_call_1st()) {
+      ui->cbAutoSeq->setChecked(true);
+      ui->cbFirst->setChecked(true);
+    }
     transmit (snr);
     ui->signal_meter_widget->setValue(0,0);
     if(m_mode=="Echo" and !m_tune) m_bTransmittedEcho=true;
@@ -4608,7 +4611,6 @@ void MainWindow::processMessage (DecodedText const& message, Qt::KeyboardModifie
                 logQSOTimer.start(0);
                 m_ntx=6;
                 ui->txrb6->setChecked(true);
-                ui->cbFirst->setChecked(false);
               } else {
                 m_ntx=5;
                 ui->txrb5->setChecked(true);