diff --git a/app.go b/app.go
index 4146a14..3e7571e 100644
--- a/app.go
+++ b/app.go
@@ -7777,6 +7777,13 @@ func (a *App) QSOAudioPlayOnAir() error {
 // abandoned without logging).
 func (a *App) QSOAudioCancel() {
 	if a.qsoRec != nil {
+		// Say so when a take is actually thrown away. This fires when the callsign
+		// is cleared — including when a clicked spot replaces it — and until now
+		// it was silent, so a recording that vanished mid-QSO left the log showing
+		// only its absence at save time.
+		if a.qsoRec.Active() {
+			applog.Printf("qso-rec: in-progress recording discarded (callsign cleared)")
+		}
 		a.qsoRec.DiscardQSO()
 	}
 	a.stopManualQSORecorder()