Stratux Vk-162 Remote Mount USB GPS

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.

You don't need any driver..But its good to download U-center to check your device..ORAny application that retrieve the coordinates from this device.I wish it has a led light to indicate GPS fix or something tells you it catches the satellites.Very happy and sure I recommended.

Works with Debian distros. Thanks

Using mine with chrony on raspberry pi. No issues.

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.