Creating a Permanent Base

This section show various options to create your own base station. This is ideal if your Rover will stay within ~20km (12 miles) of the base station.

RTK mosaic

SparkFun RTK mosaic base station kit

This is the gold standard for RTK base station kits. The RTK mosaic is multi-band/multi-signal/multi-constellation capable, includes all the bits you need (minus the antenna mounting hardware) to have a fully fledged CORS (continuously operating reference station). Additionally, the RTK mosaic is capable of transmitting to up to four Casters so you can push correction data simultaneously to your own caster (say RTK2Go) and to casters that may generate some income (ie, Onocoy or Geodnet).

Magnetic antenna mount

If you've got a metal roof or parapet, the magentic mount makes installation even easier.

RTK Reference Station

SparkFun RTK Reference Station kit

The RTK Reference Station is similar to the RTK mosaic; it has all the parts you need and is a very capable CORS. While being slightly cheaper in price, it is only dual band (L1/L2) capable so the corrections are quite as good as the tri-band RTK mosaic. Additionally, the RTK Reference Station is only capable of transmitting to a single Caster so you can't push correction data simultaneously to say RTK2Go and Onocoy at the same time.

Magnetic antenna mount

If you've got a metal roof or parapet, the magentic mount makes installation even easier.

DIY Base Station

The base station at SparkFun

If you're looking to build a base station on the cheap, or if you're more of a DIYer, checkout our How to Build a DIY GNSS Reference Station. This will go into depth about how to bring various pieces together to build your own continously operating GNSS reference station (CORS).