diff --git a/frontend/src/components/FlexPanel.tsx b/frontend/src/components/FlexPanel.tsx
index 9ef0618..aee0b2d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/FlexPanel.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/FlexPanel.tsx
@@ -778,7 +778,17 @@ export function FlexPanel({ onCWSpeed, onReportRST }: { onCWSpeed?: (wpm: number
                       return <MeterBar key={m.id} compact label={m.name || `AMP ${m.id}`} value={peakHold(`amp${m.id}`, dbmToW(m.value))} unit="W" lo={0} hi={2000} accent="#dc2626" />;
                     }
                     const acc = /temp|degc|degf/i.test(`${m.unit}${m.name}`) ? '#ea580c' : /volt/i.test(m.unit || '') ? '#2563eb' : '#16a34a';
-                    return <MeterBar key={m.id} compact label={m.name || `AMP ${m.id}`} value={peakHold(`amp${m.id}`, m.value)} unit={m.unit} lo={m.lo} hi={m.hi} accent={acc} />;
+                    // Drain current (ID): the PGXL reports a full-scale far too small
+                    // for this meter (~3 A), so 1.5 A pinned the bar near half. The
+                    // value itself is fine — only the bar's range was wrong. Give it a
+                    // fixed 25 A scale (the PGXL's LDMOS pair tops out around 20 A), and
+                    // only override an unusable reported range, not a sane one.
+                    let lo = m.lo, hi = m.hi;
+                    if (/amp/i.test(m.unit || '') || /^ID$|current/i.test(m.name || '')) {
+                      lo = 0;
+                      hi = m.hi >= 25 ? m.hi : 25;
+                    }
+                    return <MeterBar key={m.id} compact label={m.name || `AMP ${m.id}`} value={peakHold(`amp${m.id}`, m.value)} unit={m.unit} lo={lo} hi={hi} accent={acc} />;
                   })}
                 </div>
               );
diff --git a/internal/cat/flex.go b/internal/cat/flex.go
index c76d211..90eca91 100644
--- a/internal/cat/flex.go
+++ b/internal/cat/flex.go
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ func (f *Flex) handleStatus(payload string) {
 			f.mu.Unlock()
 			for _, id := range newIDs {
 				mi := f.meterMeta[id]
-				debugLog.Printf("Flex: meter def #%d %s/%s unit=%s → sub", id, mi.src, mi.name, mi.unit)
+				debugLog.Printf("Flex: meter def #%d %s/%s unit=%s lo=%g hi=%g → sub", id, mi.src, mi.name, mi.unit, mi.lo, mi.hi)
 				f.subscribeMeter(id)
 			}
 		}