Mavproxy shows garbage APM: messages

Ground Control Software MAVProxy
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I am seeing garbage messages in the mavproxy output.

 APM:  Y���9�h<eU

is there any way to trace down where that is coming from? Other messages make sense like

 APM: Disarming motors
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search this forum. The same question was answered recently.

Edit: it is the first question on the FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions and Issues — MAVProxy documentation

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Thanks. PEBCAK and RTFM