VK-162 USB GPS Dongle - Remote Mount USB - External GPS Navigation Dongle - Supports Stratux, Raspberry Pi, Google Earth, Windows, Linux

We have a trailer that came with a Victron Cerbo GX system. I plugged this in to the Cerbo and within seconds it automatically fixed a position and worked flawlessly, even while being installed under a bench, without direct line of sight to the sky (much like our phones work). I'm very impressed, and I think every single Victron system owner should have one of these as a means to locate their trailer should it ever be stolen!

I found it functional and sufficiently sturdy. I liked it enough to buy a second one.The magnetic base is both nice, and worrisome around my computer. (and it showed me just how little iron I've got.)It appears to be able to read and use a signal with an SNR of 15dB, and I've seen it read one at 7dB.It needs no particular drivers for any computer, as it shows up as a USB serial device.They aren't consistent about seeing and reporting WAAS satellites. This may be a result of how far north I am.One thing I haven't been able to get from this is DOP values I suspect these are dropped as low value.The only downsides: no obvious way to do a PPS; and the marine interface all GPS units are stuck with.

Prior to cell phones, etc. these dongles were ubiquitous.Today, harder to find.This one works fine for my needs!

I purchased this for my first GPS for NTP. It finds satellites very fast. If this was just for GPS or an isolated system, this would be five stars. Just plug it in and it's ready to go.NTP configuration: "refclock nmea minpoll 4 maxpoll 4 time2 0.057 stratum 3", and you need a symbolic link from /dev/ttyACM0 (the device) to /dev/gps0 (what ntpd wants). The jitter (ntpq -pn) from the device is large (3.3291). If you use this without setting the "time2" parameter, the system time will shift by many seconds (2024-03-14T00:19:53 ntpd[982]: CLOCK: time set +14.911217 s). Your local "time2" value will be different than mine.

I need to maintain my PC clock accuracy to better than 1 second for certain digital modes in my ham radio setup. Manually syncing only works with an internet connection, which I may not have when operating in the field, and would need to be done repeatedly during the day. This dongle along with a free app called GPS2Time syncs my PC clock automatically as often as once a minute, using the GPS satellite time signals. It's a great plug-and-play solution. And I like having the long USB cable so I can move the GPS unit close to a window when I'm using it at my house. I got 10 satellites when operating indoors about a foot from a window. Pretty amazing!

I have this connected to a KAMRUI Mini PC running in one of the bedroom and it is might be 10' off on the ucenter2 map view. For my needs it is more than accurate enough. I'm currently tracking 9 of 12 GPS and 1 of 2 SBAS satellites. It also helps with time syncronization when I'm operating on amateur radio digital modes.

I wanted to use my Surface Pro 7 for navigation in my car. This (and other) GPS unit has reviews saying "I plugged it in and it just worked!" But worked for what?I plugged it in, Windows 11 installed COM3, and I was able to see data coming off COM3 by installing the free (and simple) PuTTY software. Alas, MS Maps etc still only showed my location as provided by Wi-Fi.Some suggested installing U Connect but that did not work for me due to errors and freezing. In any case, I do not think that enables passing COM port data to Location Services as I needed.Enter GPSDirect. By googling I found a post about a similar problem. Following that guidance, I had success with the following:1. GPSSensorDrivers.com -> Download -> GPSDirect a.k.a "gpscomplete64"2. Run GPSComplete -> Click "Install Driver" in the "GPSDirect driver" section3. Make sure Maps has access to Location Services in Settings -> Privacy & Security -> Location.4. That's it, my position immediately jumped on MS Maps.

Brilliant works a charm first go no prob connecting pi 4b board