fixed issue with encoding (#1215)

OSOceanAcoustics · Nov 16, 2023 · 4e8864e · 4e8864e
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commit 4e8864e
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diff --git a/echopype/convert/utils/ek_raw_parsers.py b/echopype/convert/utils/ek_raw_parsers.py
@@ -1541,7 +1541,7 @@ def _unpack_contents(self, raw_string, bytes_read, version):
         for indx, field in enumerate(self.header_fields(version)):
             data[field] = header_values[indx]
             if isinstance(data[field], bytes):
-                data[field] = data[field].decode()
+                data[field] = data[field].decode(encoding="unicode_escape")
 
         data["timestamp"] = nt_to_unix((data["low_date"], data["high_date"]))
         data["bytes_read"] = bytes_read