diff --git a/frontend/src/components/YaesuPanel.tsx b/frontend/src/components/YaesuPanel.tsx
index 612eadd..800da89 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/YaesuPanel.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/YaesuPanel.tsx
@@ -105,15 +105,31 @@ function bandOfHz(hz?: number): string {
 // falls; the front panel puts it at roughly half travel, which is the 50 used
 // here. That figure is a HYPOTHESIS — if reports come out consistently one S
 // unit off on a radio, this is the number to correct, not the RST helper.
+const S9_PCT = 50;          // where S9 falls on the 0-100 reading (see above)
+const DB_PER_PCT = 60 / 50; // above S9 the scale runs to roughly +60 dB
+
 function sParts(v: number): { s: number; over: number; label: string } {
-  if (v >= 50) {
-    const over = Math.max(0, Math.round((v - 50) * 60 / 50));
+  if (v >= S9_PCT) {
+    const over = Math.max(0, Math.round((v - S9_PCT) * DB_PER_PCT));
     return { s: 9, over, label: over > 0 ? `S9+${over}` : 'S9' };
   }
-  const s = Math.max(0, Math.min(9, Math.round(v / 5.5)));
+  const s = Math.max(0, Math.min(9, Math.round(v / (S9_PCT / 9))));
   return { s, over: 0, label: `S${s}` };
 }
 
+// Segment colour, the way a radio's own meter is printed: green up to S9, amber
+// through the S9+ range, red once the signal is strong enough to be reported as
+// 59+20 or more. Derived from the SAME S9 point as the label, so the colour
+// change always lands exactly where the numbers say it should — if the S9 point
+// is ever corrected, the colours follow on their own.
+const RED_OVER_DB = 20;
+function sSegColor(frac: number): string {
+  const pct = frac * 100;
+  if (pct < S9_PCT) return '#16a34a';
+  if ((pct - S9_PCT) * DB_PER_PCT < RED_OVER_DB) return '#f59e0b';
+  return '#dc2626';
+}
+
 function Slider({ value, onChange, disabled, accent = 'var(--primary)', min = 0, max = 100 }: {
   value: number; onChange: (v: number) => void; disabled?: boolean; accent?: string; min?: number; max?: number;
 }) {
@@ -311,7 +327,7 @@ export function YaesuPanel({ onReportRST }: { onReportRST?: (rst: string) => voi
           consoles read alike instead of each having its own instrument style. */}
       <Card icon={Activity} title={t('yaesu.meters')}>
         <div className="grid grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-3 gap-2">
-          <MeterBar label="S-METER" value={view.s_meter} lo={0} hi={100} accent="#16a34a"
+          <MeterBar label="S-METER" value={view.s_meter} lo={0} hi={100} accent="#16a34a" segColor={sSegColor}
             display={sParts(view.s_meter).label}
             onClick={onReportRST ? () => { const sp = sParts(view.s_meter); onReportRST(sMeterRST(sp.s, sp.over, view.mode)); } : undefined}
             title={onReportRST ? t('yaesu.sToRst') : undefined} />