diff --git a/Decoder/decodedtext.cpp b/Decoder/decodedtext.cpp
index e65d34bd8..3c684f824 100644
--- a/Decoder/decodedtext.cpp
+++ b/Decoder/decodedtext.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ DecodedText::DecodedText (QString const& the_string)
 //  qDebug () << "DecodedText: the_string:" << the_string << "Nbsp pos:" << the_string.indexOf (QChar::Nbsp);
   if (message_.length() >= 1)
     {
+// remove appended confidence (?) and ap designators before truncating the message
+       message_ = clean_string_.mid (column_qsoText + padding_).trimmed ();
        message0_ = message_.left(37);
        message_ = message_.left(37).remove (QRegularExpression {"[<>]"});
       int i1 = message_.indexOf ('\r');
diff --git a/widgets/mainwindow.cpp b/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
index 32f23b41a..41edc1795 100644
--- a/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -7999,7 +7999,6 @@ void MainWindow::p1ReadFromStdout()                        //p1readFromStdout
     } else {
 
       int n=t.length();
-      t=t.left(85);  // truncate any apriori code
       t=t.mid(0,n-2) + "                                                  ";
       t.remove(QRegExp("\\s+$"));
       QStringList rxFields = t.split(QRegExp("\\s+"));