diff --git a/widgets/mainwindow.cpp b/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
index 0848c13da..beeb4b914 100644
--- a/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -7837,9 +7837,8 @@ void MainWindow::band_changed (Frequency f)
       }
     setRig (f);
     setXIT (ui->TxFreqSpinBox->value ());
-
-    // when changing bands, don't preserve the Fox queues
-    FoxReset("BandChange");
+    m_specOp=m_config.special_op_id();
+    if (m_specOp==SpecOp::FOX) FoxReset("BandChange");  // when changing bands, don't preserve the Fox queues
   }
 }