Ammo Can Radio

[Gerowen]

I'm thinking of building a SHTF/camping CB radio setup. I'd like to get a larger ammo can and maybe built a facade out of some kind of foam to hold everything still and include a battery, CB radio, and maybe even a telescoping antenna to go with it. The ammo can would give you everything you need to carry the whole kit in, and it'd be waterproof so you can shut the lid and not worry about it getting damaged in transit if you're walking. I'd like the radio to be as non-analog as possible. I'm looking at the Cobra 18 WX. It has weather bands so you can listen in on the weather report while you're out and about. It has digital meters so no sensitive needles to screw up. It has a front facing speaker so when packed into an ammo can I wouldn't have to worry about the sound being muffled into the side and having to add an external speaker. I'm thinking of running a piece of 3' coax from the back of the radio to a SO239 barrel connector in the facade, and packaging up an adapter to adapt it over to BNC, and maybe a stud mount on one side of the inside of the case with another piece of coax on it so I could attach a stud mount antenna if I wanted to. That way I could either use the included telescoping antenna, or I could hook up to something bigger that used regular coax and a PL-259 connector, etc.

This is all just ideas floating around in my head. Anybody around here ever build something like this?