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Yes. It’s worth it to me. I have the original battery with higher capacity.   I get great battery life with the 935. So it’s not like I am pushing make it through the day. 
 
And for travel, I prefer the compromise so I don’t have to take the charging base with me.   The radio still lasts all day and I can use the chargers I already carry with me.
And if worse comes to worse I can use the 10,000 mah external battery I use for other charging. 
 
it’s definitely a compromise that I am willing to make. 

I received my new battery for kg-935g. It has a USBC port on the back. 
 
Turns my favorite HT into an even better travel radio. I hated having to carry the charging base with me. 
 
Now I can charge it with the USB gear I carry with me anyway. 

Yes. It’s worth it to me. I have the original battery with higher capacity.   I get great battery life with the 935. So it’s not like I am pushing make it through the day. 
 
And for travel, I prefer the compromise so I don’t have to take the charging base with me.   The radio still lasts all day and I can use the chargers I already carry with me.
And if worse comes to worse I can use the 10,000 mah external battery I use for other charging. 
 
it’s definitely a compromise that I am willing to make. 

Yes. It’s worth it to me. I have the original battery with higher capacity.   I get great battery life with the 935. So it’s not like I am pushing make it through the day. 
 
And for travel, I prefer the compromise so I don’t have to take the charging base with me.   The radio still lasts all day and I can use the chargers I already carry with me.
And if worse comes to worse I can use the 10,000 mah external battery I use for other charging. 
 
it’s definitely a compromise that I am willing to make. 

I received my new battery for kg-935g. It has a USBC port on the back. 
 
Turns my favorite HT into an even better travel radio. I hated having to carry the charging base with me. 
 
Now I can charge it with the USB gear I carry with me anyway. 

I received my new battery for kg-935g. It has a USBC port on the back. 
 
Turns my favorite HT into an even better travel radio. I hated having to carry the charging base with me. 
 
Now I can charge it with the USB gear I carry with me anyway. 

I have been down your path.  I have a 50W MXT575.  I love the 6db Midland antenna for my truck.  Great set up.  Tried to use it at my house. Experimented with it on the roof on a pie plate for a ground plane.  Not great.  Not even as good as the same radio and antenna on my truck in the driveway.
Then I tried an Ed Fong.  Short mast with minimal height.  A little better.
Then moved up to the Tram 1486 and all the way up to the peak of my roof.  Another step improvement, but still not satisfied.
I am currently at a 12 element yagi (PCTEL) with a rotator.  12 db gain.   The best I can do without a tower on height.   Much better.  Stronger on receive and transmit.  The most stable so far.
I am still not clear of the trees, and have some near by elevation gains that I have to contend with.  But I do have others in my area with a very similar set up and better elevation.  This set up is the best by my judgment when they hit the local repeaters.  Full quieting, very strong signal.
Also the higher gain means you can use less output power, which is always a plus.
In any case, the comments about good quality coax are a must to pay attention to.  Messi and Paoloni makes some great coax.  But Two Way Radios has some great folks to help you with many of the items I described above.  They have been a big help for me.  You can order coax to the exact length you need, so you don't have any unnecessary loss, and no connectors.
Your mileage will vary.  Depends on your starting elevation, obstructions, repeater height, your budget, many factors.   I am sure that any of the intermediate setups for me above would have been perfect, if I lived even a half mile away from my current location - with a little extra elevation and a clear view of the horizon.  So don't take my experience to mean those options will not work for you.
How far you need to go also depends on your goals.  Do you want to hit every repeater in your state and the surrounding states???  You're going to need lots of gain and lots of height and as little loss as possible in the feedline.  Do you want to be able to hit a single well placed repeater and be able to check in on your local net.  Maybe a lower cost option will work for you.
One last thing if you happen to have the 575 version:  I used the shortest coax possible, and have a radio that allows the mic to be run on ethernet cable.  That shortens up my coax and minimizes losses that way.  I cut the coax length in half by doing that.  And it gives me two locations for my radio.  One at the radio upstairs, and another downstairs where I ran the cat5 cable to.  At some point you do get some loss on the ethernet cable, so test your lengths before running through your walls.  And I put a wifi switch on the power supply, so I can turn the radio on and off from downstairs - even remotely turn it on and off if I want to reach out to my base station while I am mobile.

I purchased two MXT575's.
My mobile with the 6db midland antenna is working great for my needs.  I can work all my local repeaters very reliably with my setup (20-30 mile range).  And if I am stationary with a clear view of the north sky, I can check in on a repeater just over 90 miles from my location.  Couldn't ask for much more with the MXT575 + 6db antenna.
I particularly like the simplicity.  Yes, I have a couple of Wouxon's where I can program in 1,000 channels.  But honestly, all those channels turn into clutter.  Let's face it, I am generally working 8 frequencies or less.  I know some of you have multiple repeaters on the same freq with different tones - which has not been a problem for me - and from the map I look at around the country most do not have this problem.   And I do enjoy checking in on other repeaters when I travel.  But as mentioned above, I can make note on my phone of the repeaters I want to try.  It takes 5 seconds tops to swap TX tones.  I leave the RX tones open to listen for traffic.
My second is for a base station.  Still working on antennas for that one.  I need more height at home to really get the performance I want.  But I am able to check in on local repeaters.  And it makes a very clean installation.  I can hide away the main unit.  I purchased a RJ45 extension cable (for mobile and base).  With all the controls on the mic, the base unit and power supply are hidden.  Very nice install.
For my base installation, I even put a WIFI power outlet on the power supply.  So when I am around town, if I want to contact Unit 2, I can turn on the base station from my phone, and call out to my base station from the mobile.   The 575 returns to the last state, so powering on the power supply turns on the 575 to the last channel.   
 
Couldn't be happier with the 575.

I purchased two MXT575's.
My mobile with the 6db midland antenna is working great for my needs.  I can work all my local repeaters very reliably with my setup (20-30 mile range).  And if I am stationary with a clear view of the north sky, I can check in on a repeater just over 90 miles from my location.  Couldn't ask for much more with the MXT575 + 6db antenna.
I particularly like the simplicity.  Yes, I have a couple of Wouxon's where I can program in 1,000 channels.  But honestly, all those channels turn into clutter.  Let's face it, I am generally working 8 frequencies or less.  I know some of you have multiple repeaters on the same freq with different tones - which has not been a problem for me - and from the map I look at around the country most do not have this problem.   And I do enjoy checking in on other repeaters when I travel.  But as mentioned above, I can make note on my phone of the repeaters I want to try.  It takes 5 seconds tops to swap TX tones.  I leave the RX tones open to listen for traffic.
My second is for a base station.  Still working on antennas for that one.  I need more height at home to really get the performance I want.  But I am able to check in on local repeaters.  And it makes a very clean installation.  I can hide away the main unit.  I purchased a RJ45 extension cable (for mobile and base).  With all the controls on the mic, the base unit and power supply are hidden.  Very nice install.
For my base installation, I even put a WIFI power outlet on the power supply.  So when I am around town, if I want to contact Unit 2, I can turn on the base station from my phone, and call out to my base station from the mobile.   The 575 returns to the last state, so powering on the power supply turns on the 575 to the last channel.   
 
Couldn't be happier with the 575.

I had a 275 for years, and now I own two 575s.   The 575 covers all the gaps for me that I felt were missing in the 275.
I know some are not fans.  But for me, they are great.  I have mine mounted under the truck seat with a RJ45 cable up to my dash, and plug the 575 mic in there.  Clean.  Simple.  Does everything I want it to, and it doesn't do the things I don't need.  I understand that others have different needs and are fans of other radios.
I like the extra power, wide band, and split tones on repeaters.  I am not a HAM and don't need to monitor stations I am not planning to participate on.  
Simplex or Duplex, I have been impressed so far.  I have them paired with the 6db gain Midland antenna, and am more than pleased with the performance.

I had a 275 for years, and now I own two 575s.   The 575 covers all the gaps for me that I felt were missing in the 275.
I know some are not fans.  But for me, they are great.  I have mine mounted under the truck seat with a RJ45 cable up to my dash, and plug the 575 mic in there.  Clean.  Simple.  Does everything I want it to, and it doesn't do the things I don't need.  I understand that others have different needs and are fans of other radios.
I like the extra power, wide band, and split tones on repeaters.  I am not a HAM and don't need to monitor stations I am not planning to participate on.  
Simplex or Duplex, I have been impressed so far.  I have them paired with the 6db gain Midland antenna, and am more than pleased with the performance.

I received an email from Midland today that the MXT575 will be out next week. 

Another poster started a similar thread for KG-1000G and I thought it was such a great idea, I figured I'd start one for KG-935G.    Some of this may apply to the KG-XS20G (manuals look very similar) or to other KGs.
Here's one I'll start with (and it has much to do with the software):
Scan Groups
Preface:  The KG-935G has 999 memory slots.  Scanning channels is fairly slow.  Priority Channel scan is a great idea, but implemented globally (vs within a scan-group).   If you visit different areas frequently, its best to scan only the stuff near you.  If you have less than 100 channels of interest in any given area (I have 25 at most in any geographic area), this may help you.   Aside from where I live, I regularly visit 2 areas, and less frequently visit 2 others.
Using the (less than great) Wouxun software:
First:  Renumber all scan groups to Group1=100-199, Group2=200-299, etc etc (I made Group10=001-099).    This makes it such that any channel's first digit is the same as the scan group number.  (out of the box, group 2 runs from 100, to 199.   Not so intuitive later on...)
Second, create a fake "Channel" at 100, 200, 300, 400, etc.   Set it to no transmit, Scan Add = OFF, and give it a name for your areas of interest.   For example, I have:
100="<HOME>"  [settings: Rx 137.1, TX off, TX Power low, Mode narrow] 200="<DFW>"  (Dallas) 300="<ETex>" (east Texas) 400= "<Hou>" (Houston) 800="<HotList" (stuff I might like to hear anywhere) several others.  I left channels 1-99 factory stock. Finally, separate all of your regional channels under the appropriate bank.  For example, I have Tyler GMRS repeater in 311, DallasFire at 255.  The Northwest Houston GMRS repeater in 401.   You could further subdivide these by band, service, interest (e.g. 200=DFWGMRS, 400=HouGMRS, 500 Hou-HAM, 600-HOUfire) so you only scan GMRS for your area, or all the HAMs in an area, or only Fire/Police in another.
After doing that, it is a simple matter to use the radio's menu keyboard to set the scan group to match wherever you find yourself.   And here's the true magic:  Because you renumbered the groups, and stored a fake "label" channel at x00... if you ever forget, you can just key in "200", "400", etc, to see the channel group label ("<DFW>" & "<Hou>" in my case).  Press UP Arrow to quickly find the channel you want, or set the scan group to #2 and you're scanning all the channels you saved for that "region" (Dallas on my radio).
 
Now it's your turn:  Have any tips/tricks for KG-935G (or very closely related) radios? Post them here!