diff --git a/widgets/mainwindow.cpp b/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
index 78d717fb9..845441c0a 100644
--- a/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -5771,7 +5771,7 @@ void MainWindow::genCQMsg ()
        ( tlist.at(1)==my_callsign or
          tlist.at(2)==my_callsign ) and
        stdCall(my_callsign)) {
-      if(m_config.Individual_Contest_Name() && m_config.Contest_Name() != "")  {
+      if(m_config.Individual_Contest_Name())  {
            m_cqStr = m_config.Contest_Name();
       } else {
       if(SpecOp::NA_VHF == m_specOp)    m_cqStr="TEST";