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

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

Works well with Google Earth.

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.

The original one that I bought is still working and works every time with no issues. I just bought this second one to carry as a backup as the first one is now 5 years old.My only comment that is negative is that this unit should have a symbol on the bottom that indicates that there is a magnet inside. I understand why some would want a magnet if they are using this for an non-aviation purpose but if you are using this with a stratux or as a GPS for your tablet, be warned, there is a magnet in the bottom of it and needs to be removed. If you put this on your glareshield, it has a very strong potential to alter your magetic compass readings.... the magetic compass is your baseline compass indicator and you should avoid putting any magnets even close to it.The magnet is easy to remove. Peel up the label and it pops right out.

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

Worked good at first for my Direwolf/APRS set up on a Linux box running Ubuntu. Plug and play but after a couple days started losing connections frequently. Not a 100% sure it’s the gps or my computer but don’t seem to have this problem with other things plugged into my usb port.

I'm just a PC hobbyist with an irrational interest in network and device time synchronization. All the other GPS time gadgets I've looked up were complicated and very expensive. I plugged this in and used BktTimeSync (Windows) but soon discovered I needed to set the proper COM port. Since Widows decides that, you either need to pay attention to the initial Windows device setup notification or look in Device Manager for "Ports (COM & LPT)" and under that, "USB Serial Device (COMX)". The proper COM port will be displayed there in place of the "X". Once I set the COM port in BktTimeSync it immediately synced the PC's time with GPS. I was surprised since I was testing it in the basement which was dumb, but instructional since it worked. So, curiosity has been rewarded. It's quite redundant since NTP is so reliable (called "Internet Time" in Windows) but it's calming to know that my PC network will have accurate time during the inevitable zombie apocalypse (at least until all the satellites die).