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

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.

works just like it should. get gps sats with in a few seconds.

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 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!

This works with Windows 11, but not Windows 8. Stratux - the maker - has a pdf guide on their web site. It directs you to a u-blox web site for drivers. The u-blox site says "Page not found" after following the link.It seems to connect and receive very well though in Windows 11.

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 use my VK-162 for Amateur Astronomy and it eliminates the hassle of having to manually enter in my GPS coordinates whenever I'm in a new location. Furthermore, it works flawlessly with Windows, Linux, and Rasperry PI's. Now, whenever I use my telescope for astrophotography, I simply plug this GPS dongle into the USB port of whatever computer I'm using at the time and magnetically attach the dongle directly to my telescope. Then, both my telescope mount and control software are automatically updated with my current gps coordinates. Best $20 I've ever spent.