diff --git a/DXLabSuiteCommanderTransceiver.cpp b/DXLabSuiteCommanderTransceiver.cpp
index 85736eae2..2754bd55a 100644
--- a/DXLabSuiteCommanderTransceiver.cpp
+++ b/DXLabSuiteCommanderTransceiver.cpp
@@ -206,23 +206,26 @@ void DXLabSuiteCommanderTransceiver::poll ()
       throw error {tr ("DX Lab Suite Commander didn't respond correctly polling frequency")};
     }
 
-  reply = command_with_reply ("<command:13>CmdSendTXFreq<parameters:0>", quiet);
-  if (0 == reply.indexOf ("<CmdTXFreq:"))
+  if (state ().split ())
     {
-      // remove thousands separator and DP - relies of n.nnn kHz format so we ca do uint conversion
-      auto text = reply.mid (reply.indexOf ('>') + 1).replace (",", "").replace (".", "");
-      if ("000" != text)
+      reply = command_with_reply ("<command:13>CmdSendTXFreq<parameters:0>", quiet);
+      if (0 == reply.indexOf ("<CmdTXFreq:"))
         {
-          update_other_frequency (text.toUInt ());
+          // remove thousands separator and DP - relies of n.nnn kHz format so we ca do uint conversion
+          auto text = reply.mid (reply.indexOf ('>') + 1).replace (",", "").replace (".", "");
+          if ("000" != text)
+            {
+              update_other_frequency (text.toUInt ());
+            }
         }
-    }
-  else
-    {
+      else
+        {
 #if WSJT_TRACE_CAT
-      qDebug () << "DXLabSuiteCommanderTransceiver::poll: get tx frequency unexpected response";
+          qDebug () << "DXLabSuiteCommanderTransceiver::poll: get tx frequency unexpected response";
 #endif
 
-      throw error {tr ("DX Lab Suite Commander didn't respond correctly polling TX frequency")};
+          throw error {tr ("DX Lab Suite Commander didn't respond correctly polling TX frequency")};
+        }
     }
 
   reply = command_with_reply ("<command:12>CmdSendSplit<parameters:0>", quiet);
diff --git a/HamlibTransceiver.cpp b/HamlibTransceiver.cpp
index 08fc0d9bf..778107bfc 100644
--- a/HamlibTransceiver.cpp
+++ b/HamlibTransceiver.cpp
@@ -667,9 +667,14 @@ void HamlibTransceiver::poll ()
 
       update_rx_frequency (f);
 
-      if (rig_->caps->targetable_vfo & (RIG_TARGETABLE_FREQ | RIG_TARGETABLE_PURE))
+      if (state ().split () && (rig_->caps->targetable_vfo & (RIG_TARGETABLE_FREQ | RIG_TARGETABLE_PURE)))
         {
-          // we can only probe current VFO unless rig supports reading the other one directly
+          // only read "other" VFO if in split, this allows rigs like
+          // FlexRadio to work in Kenwood TS-2000 mode despite them
+          // not having a FB; command
+
+          // we can only probe current VFO unless rig supports reading
+          // the other one directly because we can't glitch the Rx
 #if WSJT_TRACE_CAT && WSJT_TRACE_CAT_POLLS
           qDebug () << "HamlibTransceiver::poll rig_get_freq other VFO";
 #endif