As long as you have some sort of internet connection, either by ethernet or wifi, the Pi will get its time from there.
I have one of my stations that runs a Pi4 / BAP without a GPS dongle and it runs FT8 just fine as it syncs with internet time. No need to do anything, it just works.
On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 8:34?AM Ericson - J73ESL <ricksho@...> wrote:
a quick question in addition.. Is the GPS dongle absolutely necessary?if you are also using an ethernet cable on the PI? i know i wont get a satellite lock from inside my Shack.