DollaTekGPS Smart Antenna VK-172 NEW USB GPS Receiver Ublox7 for PC laptop Windows AU

Navigation on board a small cruiser

Pros:Adjustable fix rate (on Linux: "gpsctl -c 0.1" successfully adjusts rate to 10Hz).Very small profile.Cons:This receiver takes a very long time to get a fix, typically hours, sometimes days, and will not fix or track indoors.

No instructions came with this unit so I have no idea if you need software or drivers to use it with windows or rasbery pi.I can confirm that it works with a Victron Cerbo GX to provide Geofencing. I powered down my Cerbo GX, pluged the GPS stick into the USB port on the Cerbo GX and then powered the Cerbo GX back up.I think it took around 5-10 minutes to sort it self out and go to a green light and the Cerbo GX to be able to use it to geo-fence the installation.Don't use the USB port next to the HDMI port on the Victron Cerbo GX as that is now a power only port.You can't go wrong for GPS tracking of my caravan for under £10

Easy to set up and use. Picks up enough satellites even when not close to a windows (South facing). Does what I need at a very good price.

Takes forever to get a hit, even while outdoors. The longest I had to wait was 1 hour. Once it is linked the accuracy is not very good. I'd probably spend the extra ~£10 on a better module.

Created a little Pi 4 photo player and weather station. Use the GPS dongle to update location data for weather data when in caravan.Can take some time to link to satellites, so best using separately, rather than in main application

aware there are no windows drivers available for this anymore. U-blox who produced the chipset are out of business, there is no link to download anything and windows will not automatically find a driver.Even if you got it working, you would need custom software, it is not compatible with windows location services.

plug and play using linux