diff --git a/widgets/mainwindow.cpp b/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
index fdf8c9762..0bccbec91 100644
--- a/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -7792,7 +7792,8 @@ void MainWindow::on_bandComboBox_activated (int index)
   m_bandEdited = true;
   band_changed (frequency);
   m_wideGraph->setRxBand (m_config.bands ()->find (frequency));
-  auto_tx_mode(false);
+  m_specOp=m_config.special_op_id();
+  if (m_specOp==SpecOp::HOUND) auto_tx_mode(false);
 }
 
 void MainWindow::band_changed (Frequency f)