The Midland MXTA26 is a 32-inch, 6 dB gain GMRS whip antenna built for one job: stretching your range on open ground. It runs the 462 MHz GMRS band as a 5/8 wave design and handles up to 120 watts, so it has headroom for any MicroMobile radio you bolt it to. The 6 dB gain flattens the radiated signal toward the horizon, which is what you want on the desert, the plains, or a long fire road where line-of-sight is the only thing capping your range.
The whip is stainless steel with a spring at the base and a coil at the center. That spring lets the antenna lay over and snap back from branches, garage doors, and light trail contact instead of cracking at the mount. It is not armor, so a hard direct hit can still bend the whip, but for the everyday brush and overhangs you hit overlanding, the spring earns its keep. The trade-off with high gain: on flat terrain you gain reach, but that flat signal pattern can shoot over a rig sitting down in a canyon or a wooded dip. If you spend most of your time in hills or heavy timber, a 3 dB antenna throws a taller pattern that holds those contacts better.
Mounting uses a standard NMO base, so it drops onto any NMO mount in the spot that works for your rig: roof, hood, ditch light, or mirror bracket. It is pre-tuned for GMRS out of the box and fits the MXT105, MXT115, MXT275, MXT400, MXT500, and MXT575. Note: the antenna mount and coax cable are not included.
