diff --git a/Decoder/decodedtext.cpp b/Decoder/decodedtext.cpp
index 7fb3e290b..e65d34bd8 100644
--- a/Decoder/decodedtext.cpp
+++ b/Decoder/decodedtext.cpp
@@ -13,25 +13,32 @@ namespace
 {
   QRegularExpression tokens_re {R"(
 ^
-  (?:(?<dual>[A-Z0-9/]+)\sRR73;\s)?
+  (?:(?<dual>[A-Z0-9/]+)\sRR73;\s)? # dual reply DXpedition message
   (?:
     (?<word1>
       (?:CQ|DE|QRZ)
       (?:\s?DX|\s
-        (?:[A-Z]{1,4}|\d{3})
+        (?:[A-Z]{1,4}|\d{3})  # directional CQ
       )
-      | [A-Z0-9/]+
-      |\.{3}
+      | [A-Z0-9/]+            # DX call
+      |\.{3}                  # unknown hash code
     )\s
   )
   (?:
-    (?<word2>[A-Z0-9/]+)
+    (?<word2>[A-Z0-9/]+)      # DE call
     (?:\s
-      (?<word3>[-+A-Z0-9]+)
+      (?<word3>[-+A-Z0-9]+)   # report
       (?:\s
         (?<word4>
-          (?:OOO | (?!RR73)[A-R]{2}[0-9]{2})
+          (?:
+            OOO               # EME
+            | (?!RR73)[A-R]{2}[0-9]{2} # grid square (not RR73)
+            | 5[0-9]{5}       # EU VHF Contest report & serial
+          )
         )
+        (?:\s
+          (?<word5>[A-R]{2}[0-9]{2}[A-X]{2}) # EU VHF Contest grid locator
+        )?
       )?
     )?
   )?
@@ -48,13 +55,13 @@ DecodedText::DecodedText (QString const& the_string)
   , is_standard_ {false}
 {
   // discard appended AP info
-  clean_string_.replace (QRegularExpression {R"(^(.*?)(?:\?\s)?(?:a|q)[0-9].*$)"}, "\\1");
+  clean_string_.replace (QRegularExpression {R"(^(.*?)(?:\?\s)?[aq][0-9].*$)"}, "\\1");
 
 //  qDebug () << "DecodedText: the_string:" << the_string << "Nbsp pos:" << the_string.indexOf (QChar::Nbsp);
   if (message_.length() >= 1)
     {
-       message0_ = message_.left(36);
-       message_ = message_.left(36).remove (QRegularExpression {"[<>]"});
+       message0_ = message_.left(37);
+       message_ = message_.left(37).remove (QRegularExpression {"[<>]"});
       int i1 = message_.indexOf ('\r');
       if (i1 > 0)
         {
@@ -89,7 +96,9 @@ QStringList DecodedText::messageWords () const
   }
   // simple word split for free text messages
   auto words = message_.split (' ', SkipEmptyParts);
-  // add whole message as item 0 to mimic RE capture list
+  // add whole message and two empty strings as item 0 & 1 to mimic RE
+  // capture list
+  words.prepend (QString {});
   words.prepend (message_);
   return words;
 }
@@ -119,7 +128,7 @@ bool DecodedText::isTX() const
 
 bool DecodedText::isLowConfidence () const
 {
-  return QChar {'?'} == string_.mid (padding_ + column_qsoText + 21, 1);
+  return QChar {'?'} == string_.mid (padding_ + column_qsoText + 36, 1);
 }
 
 int DecodedText::frequencyOffset() const
diff --git a/widgets/mainwindow.cpp b/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
index a56318f49..4c9c5aabc 100644
--- a/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -3641,8 +3641,9 @@ void MainWindow::auto_sequence (DecodedText const& message, unsigned start_toler
 {
   auto const& message_words = message.messageWords ();
   auto is_73 = message_words.filter (QRegularExpression {"^(73|RR73)$"}).size();
+  auto const& msg_no_hash = message.clean_string ().mid(22).remove("<").remove(">");
   bool is_OK=false;
-  if(m_mode=="MSK144" and message.clean_string ().indexOf(ui->dxCallEntry->text()+" R ")>0) is_OK=true;
+  if(m_mode=="MSK144" && msg_no_hash.indexOf(ui->dxCallEntry->text()+" R ")>0) is_OK=true;
   if (message_words.size () > 3 && (message.isStandardMessage() || (is_73 or is_OK))) {
     auto df = message.frequencyOffset ();
     auto within_tolerance = (qAbs (ui->RxFreqSpinBox->value () - df) <= int (start_tolerance)
@@ -3657,7 +3658,7 @@ void MainWindow::auto_sequence (DecodedText const& message, unsigned start_toler
                || message_words.contains ("DE")))
           || !message.isStandardMessage ()); // free text 73/RR73
 
-    QStringList w=message.clean_string ().mid(22).remove("<").remove(">").split(" ",SkipEmptyParts);
+    auto const& w = msg_no_hash.split(" ",SkipEmptyParts);
     QString w2;
     int nrpt=0;
     if (w.size () > 2)
@@ -7757,10 +7758,11 @@ void MainWindow::replyToCQ (QTime time, qint32 snr, float delta_time, quint32 de
                             , bool /*low_confidence*/, quint8 modifiers)
 {
   QString format_string {"%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6"};
-  auto const& time_string = time.toString ("~" == mode || "&" == mode
-                                           || "+" == mode ? "hhmmss" : "hhmm");
+  auto const& time_string = time.toString ("~" == mode || "&" == mode || "+" == mode
+                                           || (m_TRperiod < 60. && ("`" == mode || ":" == mode))
+                                           ? "hhmmss" : "hhmm");
   auto text = message_text;
-  auto ap_pos = text.lastIndexOf (QRegularExpression {R"((?:\?\s)?a[0-9]$)"});
+  auto ap_pos = text.lastIndexOf (QRegularExpression {R"((?:\?\s)?(?:a[0-9]|q[0-9][0-9]?)$)"});
   if (ap_pos >= 0)
     {
       // beware of decodes ending on shorter version of wanted call so
@@ -7881,7 +7883,7 @@ void MainWindow::postDecode (bool is_new, QString const& message)
                                , parts[1].toInt ()
                                , parts[2].toFloat (), parts[3].toUInt (), parts[4]
                                , decode.mid (has_seconds ? 24 : 22)
-                               , QChar {'?'} == decode.mid (has_seconds ? 24 + 21 : 22 + 21, 1)
+                               , QChar {'?'} == decode.mid (has_seconds ? 24 + 36 : 22 + 36, 1)
                                , m_diskData);
     }
 }