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Midland 3 dB Highland Heavy-Duty Bullbar Antenna with Spring Base and Cable (Black)

BH #MIMXAT05VP • MFR #MXAT05VP
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Midland 3 dB Highland Heavy-Duty Bullbar Antenna with Spring Base and Cable (Black)
Key Features
  • 28.5" Overall Height
  • Frequency: 462 to 468 MHz
  • For 0.5" Mounting
  • For Cities, Dense Forests, and Mountains
For increased radio range, the black Midland 3 dB Highland Heavy-Duty Bullbar Antenna with Spring Base and Cable easily mounts on a 0.5" hole on your vehicle. Built using durable fiberglass, this antenna extends your range in wide open spaces, highways, cities, dense forests, and mountains. The antenna itself is strong enough to handle tough terrain and trails, and the included spring-base makes this antenna suitable for dense paths and off-road trails. The included 19.5' coax cable allows you the freedom to mount your antenna virtually anywhere on your vehicle.
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Midland MXAT05 Overview

For increased radio range, the black Midland 3 dB Highland Heavy-Duty Bullbar Antenna with Spring Base and Cable easily mounts on a 0.5" hole on your vehicle. Built using durable fiberglass, this antenna extends your range in wide open spaces, highways, cities, dense forests, and mountains. The antenna itself is strong enough to handle tough terrain and trails, and the included spring-base makes this antenna suitable for dense paths and off-road trails. The included 19.5' coax cable allows you the freedom to mount your antenna virtually anywhere on your vehicle.

UPC: 046014184732

Midland MXAT05 Reviews

Very rugged antenna

By Anonymous
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2026-08-19

The Midland MXAT05VP is a very rugged and excellent performing mobile antenna for GMRS.

JEEP JK Mounted MXAT05VP Antenna

By GMRGene
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2023-12-31

This antenna was ordered intentionally as the MXAT05VP which includes the heavy duty Spring mount. Frankly, MIDLAND needs to elaborate on the mounting options for this antenna. I had to guess but I was correct that you can use this HD spring mount, or remove that and then the antenna can be placed on an existing SO-239 type (not NMO) mount. The product should include a much better Instruction sheet that includes how to convert this "VP" model, to SO-239. It is easy to do. It is just not obvious out of the box. Since I do not have an antenna analyzer that works on UHF frequencies, I had to trust this antenna to have a good factory match. I decided to see if I could bring up a repeater that is 27 miles away and not totally a clear, line of site path with just my 5 watt hand held connected to this antenna. While I still had my JEEP parked inside the garage which has steel lap siding. Yes, steel. Not vinyl, wood, hard-plank or even aluminum. Steel. Roll up door aluminum paneled. Asphalt shingle roof. Sort of 3/4 Faraday cage shielded environment. I hit that repeater and had good report contact. Same with other repeaters at 19 and 21 miles away. One repeater at 14 miles away did not work but I do not have a clear line of site to that one at all. I can never bring that repeater up with the same 5 watt hand held with its HT antenna, just standing outside. I backed the JEEP out of the garage, still no go with the MXAT05. I turned the JEEP to have its front end face the direction of that repeater. Bingo. Nobody answered but it was a solid automated repeater audio identification reply that sounded clear. So I have confirmed repeater contacts at 19, 21 and 27 mile distances from inside my semi-faraday garage using the 5 watt hand held with this MXAT05, and picked up the somewhat obstruction blocked, not clear line of site repeater at 14 miles. I am sure the higher power MXTA245 (15 watt) will do well for these area repeaters. I think even more distance repeater contacts possible, depending on terrain and other obstructions when I do more experimentation. GMRGene

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