The Midland MXAT01VP Grand Vista is a 50-inch fiberglass GMRS whip with 7.5 dB of gain — the highest-gain antenna in Midland's MicroMobile lineup. It runs the 462–468 MHz GMRS band and ships with 19.5 ft of coax, an NMO-style 1/2-inch-hole mount, and an interchangeable spring base. The spring base lets the tall whip flex back off branches and snap upright again.
High gain buys you reach, but it comes with a tradeoff worth knowing. A 7.5 dB antenna pushes a longer, flatter signal toward the horizon, so it carries farther across open ground — highways, desert, plains — than a lower-gain whip. That same flat pattern radiates less straight up and down, so it can shoot over a contact sitting down in a valley or behind a ridge. If most of your driving is hilly or heavily timbered, a 3 dB antenna usually talks better; pick the 7.5 dB when the country opens up.
The NMO mount accepts an existing CB cable on a 1/2-inch hole, so you can swap a CB whip for GMRS without redrilling. It's pre-tuned for the GMRS band — no field tuning required, though an SWR check after install is good practice. Built for Midland MicroMobile GMRS radios; works with any NMO-style mount.
