diff --git a/internal/cat/yaesu.go b/internal/cat/yaesu.go
index 6a2a946..8ba3415 100644
--- a/internal/cat/yaesu.go
+++ b/internal/cat/yaesu.go
@@ -104,8 +104,9 @@ type Yaesu struct {
 	panelLoaded bool
 	// Commands this rig answered "?;" to — asked once, then never again.
 	unsupported map[string]bool
-	// metersSurveyed: the one-shot RM1..RM6 dump during the first transmission.
-	metersSurveyed bool
+	// metersLogged counts the RM1..RM6 samples taken during transmission, so the
+	// survey follows a real carrier instead of catching one instant of it.
+	metersLogged int
 }
 
 func NewYaesu(portName string, baud int, digital string) *Yaesu {
diff --git a/internal/cat/yaesu_panel.go b/internal/cat/yaesu_panel.go
index 07ab58a..daacc15 100644
--- a/internal/cat/yaesu_panel.go
+++ b/internal/cat/yaesu_panel.go
@@ -128,8 +128,12 @@ func (y *Yaesu) readPanel(mode string, split bool, txHz int64) {
 		// of reading the wrong index (ALC, say) rather than of a scaling error.
 		// Guessing again would just move the wrong number; this prints all six
 		// once, and the log then says which is which on THIS radio.
-		if !y.metersSurveyed {
-			y.metersSurveyed = true
+		// Sampled on EVERY poll while transmitting, capped — one snapshot taken as
+		// the transmission starts catches the meters still at rest (RM4=13, the
+		// rest zero), which says nothing. What identifies a meter is which index
+		// TRACKS the power over a few seconds of steady carrier.
+		if y.metersLogged < 12 {
+			y.metersLogged++
 			raw := make([]string, 0, 6)
 			for i := 1; i <= 6; i++ {
 				cmd := fmt.Sprintf("RM%d;", i)