diff --git a/frontend/src/App.tsx b/frontend/src/App.tsx
index 140f57f..52c15cc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -2672,7 +2672,14 @@ export default function App() {
     // keeps the pre-roll from before this); clearing it discards the take.
     // Recording START happens on blur (leaving the callsign field), NOT here —
     // you may type a call and work it minutes later. Clearing it cancels.
-    if (v.trim() === '') { QSOAudioCancel(); setRecording(false); recordingCallRef.current = ""; }
+    if (v.trim() === '') {
+      QSOAudioCancel(); setRecording(false); recordingCallRef.current = "";
+      // Callsign wiped → drop this contact's award references. They are auto-added
+      // per call (live detection merges pickable refs into award_refs), so without
+      // this they'd carry over to the NEXT call — e.g. IT9AOT's ref lingering when
+      // you then type F4BPO, showing both in the F3 Awards tab.
+      updateDetails({ award_refs: '' });
+    }
     const isEmpty = v.trim() === '';
     if (!isEmpty && !locks.start) {
       // Restart the start time on every callsign change (each keystroke, a