Building My Radio Go-Box

I'm building a Go-Box for communications in case of an emergency. I'm looking at a Pelican Hard Case but not sure what size. Big enough for radios, chargers, a battery, etc. I also need a 500–1000-watt pure sign wave inverter, a solar panel and a battery but need to calculate the size. 

Here are some examples of Go-Boxes

A very clever radio go-box using the Gator GR6S shallow rack case




This Article has good info on how to choose a Go-Box





I'm thinking about the radios and equipment in bold below for my Go-Box.

Computers

Panasonic Toughpad FZ-G1

FZ-G1 Docking Station

Dell E6420 Semi Rugged Notebook

Dell E6420 Semi Rugged Notebook

Havis Dell Docking Station E6420

ASUS Transformer K010E 10.1 Inch Tablet

ASUS Zenpad P00A 8.0 Inch Tablet 

 Smartphone’s

Samsung S22+ 5G Smartphone Visible Wireless

Uniden UV350 Android 3-Watt Mobile Smartphone 12v Hardwired

Sonim XP8 Rugged Smartphone

 Analog Mobile Radios

XIEGU G90 HF Radio 0.5 MHz to 30 MHz

VR-N7500 Dual-Band Mobile Bluetooth Controlled

TYT TH-8600 Dual-Band Mobile                   

QYT KT-8900 Quad-Band Mobile 10m,6m, 2m, 440

Zastone MP-300 Dual-Band Mobile

Alinco DR-130 2-Meter Mobile

Alinco DR-135 2-Meter Mobile

 Analog Handheld Radios

Baofeng BF-888s HTs X 10 use with the Retevis RT97 GMRS Emergency Repeater

VR-N65 UHF HT Bluetooth Controlled

AnyTone OBLTR-8R Two-Tone Fire Paging Capable 

TYT TH-UV88 Dual-Band TH

TYT TH-UV8000D Dual-Band HT Cross-Band Repeater

Wouxun KG-UVD1P Dual-Band HT

Wouxun KG-UV3D Dual-Band HT

Motorola GP68 UHF Dual-Band HT

Analog Repeaters

Retevis RT97 GMRS Repeater

Surecom SR-328 Duplex Repeater Controller uses Two Baofeng BF-888 HTs

Kenwood TKR-820 462.700

Kenwood TKR-820 462.550

MA-Com DRC-200 462.675 PL 100.0 Currently in use in Dolan Springs

 Digital Radios

TYT TH-2017 Digital Dual-Band HT

 Radios Accessories & Bluetooth Mics

UHF Linear Amplifier 5 in 40 watts out

Dual-Band Antenna 43”

Dual-Band Antenna 10”

BHM-75 Bluetooth Speaker Mic for VR-N7500 

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