diff --git a/mainwindow.cpp b/mainwindow.cpp
index 8152d55..6ad95ec 100644
--- a/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -4258,10 +4258,16 @@ bool MainWindow::hasExistingMessageBuffer(int offset, bool drift, int *pPrevOffs
 }
 
 void MainWindow::logCallActivity(CallDetail d, bool spot){
+    // don't log empty calls
     if(d.call.trimmed().isEmpty()){
         return;
     }
 
+    // don't log relay calls
+    if(d.call.contains(">")){
+        return;
+    }
+
     if(m_callActivity.contains(d.call)){
         // update (keep grid)
         CallDetail old = m_callActivity[d.call];
@@ -9769,6 +9775,33 @@ void MainWindow::processCommandActivity() {
 
                 reply = QString("%1 ACK").arg(d.relayPath);
 
+                // check to see if the relay text contains a command that should be replied to instead of an ack.
+                auto relayedCmds = d.text.split(" ");
+                if(!relayedCmds.isEmpty()){
+                    auto first = relayedCmds.first();
+
+                    auto valid = Varicode::isCommandAllowed(first);
+                    if(!valid){
+                        first = " " + first;
+                        valid = Varicode::isCommandAllowed(first);
+                    }
+
+                    if(valid && Varicode::isCommandAutoreply(first)){
+                        CommandDetail rd = {};
+                        rd.bits = d.bits;
+                        rd.cmd = first;
+                        rd.freq = d.freq;
+                        rd.from = d.relayPath;
+                        rd.text = d.text;
+                        rd.to = d.to;
+                        rd.utcTimestamp = d.utcTimestamp;
+
+                        m_rxCommandQueue.insert(0, rd);
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // if we make it here, this is a message
                 addCommandToInbox(d);
 
                 QTimer::singleShot(500, this, [this, d](){
diff --git a/varicode.cpp b/varicode.cpp
index a962723..2a04176 100644
--- a/varicode.cpp
+++ b/varicode.cpp
@@ -98,12 +98,19 @@ QMap<QString, int> directed_cmds = {
     {" ",        31  }, // send freetext
 };
 
+// commands allowed to be processed
 QSet<int> allowed_cmds = {-1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, /*10,*/ /*11,*/ 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, /*24,*/ 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31};
 
+// commands that result in an autoreply
+QSet<int> autoreply_cmds = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 13, 30};
+
+// commands that should be buffered
 QSet<int> buffered_cmds = {3, 5, /*6,*/ /*7,*/ 12, 13, 14, 15};
 
+// commands that may include an SNR value
 QSet<int> snr_cmds = {25, 29};
 
+// commands that are checksummed and their crc size
 QMap<int, int> checksum_cmds = {
     {  5, 16 },
     { 12, 16 },
@@ -1067,6 +1074,10 @@ int Varicode::isCommandChecksumed(const QString &cmd){
     return checksum_cmds[directed_cmds[cmd]];
 }
 
+bool Varicode::isCommandAutoreply(const QString &cmd){
+    return directed_cmds.contains(cmd) && (autoreply_cmds.contains(directed_cmds[cmd]));
+}
+
 bool isValidCompoundCallsign(QStringRef callsign){
     // compound calls cannot be > 9 characters after removing the /
     if(callsign.toString().replace("/", "").length() > 9){
diff --git a/varicode.h b/varicode.h
index 6437355..9e952a8 100644
--- a/varicode.h
+++ b/varicode.h
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ public:
     static bool isCommandAllowed(const QString &cmd);
     static bool isCommandBuffered(const QString &cmd);
     static int isCommandChecksumed(const QString &cmd);
+    static bool isCommandAutoreply(const QString &cmd);
     static bool isValidCallsign(const QString &callsign, bool *pIsCompound);
     static bool isCompoundCallsign(const QString &callsign);