Midland 3 dB Heavy Duty Bullbar Antenna with Spring Base and Cable [B]

The Midland MXAT05VP is a 3 dB GMRS bullbar antenna kit built for vehicles that spend their time in hills, trees, and broken terrain. The whip is 28.5 inches of heavy-duty fiberglass on a stainless steel spring base, tuned for the GMRS band at 462 to 468 MHz. It mounts through a standard 1/2 inch hole, so it bolts to a wide range of bullbar tabs and aftermarket brackets.

The 3 dB gain is the whole point. A lower-gain antenna radiates a taller signal that fills valleys, drops into draws, and pushes through dense forest. Higher-gain antennas reach farther across flat, open ground, but they flatten the pattern and can shoot right over a rig sitting one ridge away. For convoy and trail comms in tight country, 3 dB is the spec you want.

This is the value pack, so the kit is complete in the box: the antenna, the interchangeable stainless spring base, and a 19.5 ft coax cable with a removable PL-259 connector. The spring base lets the whip bend back from branches and trail debris instead of snapping. One note: the mounting bracket the stud passes through is sold separately, so match it to your bullbar before install.