Detailed Analysis: Motorola GP328 Walkie Talkie Features & Uses

This report provides an overview of the Motorola GP328 walkie talkie, detailing its features and specialized uses. It discusses the GP328's capabilities, including MDC1200 signaling, a 14-character alphanumeric display, and a special voice compression technology for clear communication. The report highlights features such as the LED battery gauge, various battery options, and an emergency siren. Furthermore, it addresses human factors in the design and enhancement of the device, including available accessories. The GP328's applications in land mobile use (military, construction, industries, aviation) and marine environments are also explored. References to supporting literature are included.

MOTOROLA WALKIE TALKIE
Fig: Motorola Walkie talkie- GP328

 Motorola Walkie talkie- GP328
• The GP338 ensures that there is clear communication by the additional features which ensures
that it meets the increasing communication demands
Features
MDC1200 Signaling
Extreme of 128 channels to organist work groups with affluence and competence
14-Character Alpha Numeric Dot-Matrix Display
An efficient way to read on screen display indicator alerts users of the strength of the signal in
their neighborhood
Calm to read live LCD display (Bowman and Esche2016).

Fig 2: Motorola Walkie talkie- GP328 with slim battery McZeal Jr, A. (2014).
 LED battery gauge
 Switchable RF power level
 Lithium Ion Battery Option
 Repeater or Talk around enable/disable
 Tight/Normal Squelch
 Light weight

 The 14-character alpha numeric display
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Fig 2: The keypad and display (Kozu 2012).
 The keypad illumination offers the required
visibility to operate in dark areas
 The display allows the communication of very
essential information such as PTT ID radio strength
indicator and signal strength indicator
 The user-friendly icons make the information easy
to read and understand

 GP328 Speaker voice
• The GP328 has a special voice compression and also low level expansion
technology.
• This qualities of the GP328 voice enables the stronger and stronger audio
quality (Belin and Zatorre 2013).
• The technology used in the design of the GP328 voice enables one to keep
communicating in even noisy environments

 GP328 LED Battery Gauge
The battery is designed with a tri-colour LED to indicate the battery strength this will aid in
avoiding the failed communications with the early warning of the low battery strength.
• The battery has a high reliability, low cost and compact size
• The battery is made up of waterproof material which makes
• The colours can allow the user to plan for his or her
communications.
Fig: LED Battery Indicator Meter Gauge (Bowman and Esche2016).

 GP328 Battery Options – Standard & Impres
 Motorola Walkie talkie- GP328 has a flexible choice of a battery such as;
NiDC Battery
 High Capacity NiMH Battery
Ultra High Capacity NiMH Battery
Lithium Ion Battery(McCluer 2011)
NiDC Battery
High capacity NiMH Battery Ultra high capacity NiMH Battery
Lithium battery

 GP328 Emergency Siren
• The GP328 has an emergence siren which is easy to access by just a single touch
of the button (Current and Kelly 2012).
• The emergency siren produces a piercing alarm which enables the users to seek
for assistance in case of the critical situations
• The siren can reduce the number of casualties in case of accidents at the work
places (De Lorenzo and Eilers 2015).

 Human factors
Human factors refers to the study of man in regarding to the environment and
equipment (Endsley 2017).
Human factors ensures efficient engineering of machines for human use.
The core aim in human factors engineering are to contemplate any machine/man
amalgamation as a total system .(Wickens et al2015).

 GP328 Enhancement
• The GP328 has a wide range of accessories to enable it to be customized in order to suit ones
needs such (Motorola’s 2013);
The proper headset
Microphone
External batteries
Chargers or carry cases (Larcher et al 2014).
• The accessories are built with the highest quality standards to ensure maximum performance
Fig :Accessories (Larcher et al 2014).

 GP328 Specialized uses
 The GP328 has many specialized applications as discussed below;
• Land mobile use such;
Military
Construction
Industries
Aviation
• On the small ultralight aircrafts where fixing the radio can be a challenge.
• Marine on smaller boats

Summary