diff --git a/displaytext.cpp b/displaytext.cpp
index 0b5ca741b..8d9b1dd30 100644
--- a/displaytext.cpp
+++ b/displaytext.cpp
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ QString DisplayText::appendDXCCWorkedB4(QString message, QString const& callsign
 void DisplayText::displayDecodedText(DecodedText const& decodedText, QString const& myCall,
                                      bool displayDXCCEntity, LogBook const& logBook,
                                      QColor color_CQ, QColor color_MyCall,
-                                     QColor color_DXCC, QColor color_NewCall,bool ppfx)
+                                     QColor color_DXCC, QColor color_NewCall, bool ppfx,
+                                     bool bCQonly)
 {
   m_bPrincipalPrefix=ppfx;
   QColor bg {Qt::white};
@@ -199,6 +200,7 @@ void DisplayText::displayDecodedText(DecodedText const& decodedText, QString con
       CQcall = true;
       bg = color_CQ;
     }
+  if(bCQonly and !CQcall) return;
   if (myCall != "" and (
                         decodedText.indexOf (" " + myCall + " ") >= 0
                         or decodedText.indexOf (" " + myCall + "/") >= 0
diff --git a/displaytext.h b/displaytext.h
index 445ae7513..0e027d9eb 100644
--- a/displaytext.h
+++ b/displaytext.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public:
   void insertLineSpacer(QString const&);
   void displayDecodedText(DecodedText const& decodedText, QString const& myCall, bool displayDXCCEntity,
         LogBook const& logBook, QColor color_CQ, QColor color_MyCall,
-        QColor color_DXCC, QColor color_NewCall, bool ppfx);
+        QColor color_DXCC, QColor color_NewCall, bool ppfx, bool bCQonly=false);
   void displayTransmittedText(QString text, QString modeTx, qint32 txFreq,
 			      QColor color_TxMsg, bool bFastMode);
   void displayQSY(QString text);
diff --git a/mainwindow.cpp b/mainwindow.cpp
index 327818899..5e0e9e2ae 100644
--- a/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -2865,7 +2865,8 @@ void MainWindow::readFromStdout()                             //readFromStdout
         } else {
           ui->decodedTextBrowser->displayDecodedText(decodedtext,m_baseCall,m_config.DXCC(),
                m_logBook,m_config.color_CQ(),m_config.color_MyCall(),
-               m_config.color_DXCC(), m_config.color_NewCall(),m_config.ppfx());
+               m_config.color_DXCC(), m_config.color_NewCall(),
+               m_config.ppfx(),ui->cbCQonly->isChecked());
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/mainwindow.ui b/mainwindow.ui
index af35bbd97..79d5734b0 100644
--- a/mainwindow.ui
+++ b/mainwindow.ui
@@ -334,7 +334,14 @@
        </layout>
       </item>
       <item>
-       <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_2" stretch="2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1">
+       <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_2" stretch="0,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1">
+        <item>
+         <widget class="QCheckBox" name="cbCQonly">
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>CQ only</string>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
         <item>
          <widget class="QPushButton" name="logQSOButton">
           <property name="minimumSize">