Nooelec SAWbird+ GOES Barebones - Premium Saw Filter & Cascaded Ultra-Low Noise LNA Module for NOAA (GOES/LRIT/HRIT) Applications. 1688MHz Center Frequency.

I would give this 5 stars but the USB power does not work at all. Still works with bias t though. Decided to keep it anyways.I have had a few items from NooElec arrive as malfunctioning. Overall I am happy with their products because the price allows hobbyists to experiment without going broke.

With a 1.7GHz dish I'm getting a great GOES downlink! Works great with the RTLSDR Blog V3 built-in bias tee.

Below is a quote from a reviewer."It would be better if there was an option to down convert the signal for long cable runs, so that is why I am giving it 4/5. "Well...add about $1,000.00 to the cost and they can add the "Down-converter" .That's like buying a tire and complaining it didn't come with a car...lol!!!Back to the pre-amp...works just as it should and the cost is very fair!!Thomas - KT4WO

What can I say, I have been impressed with all of Nooelecs products, of which I have several! This Sawbird+ for GOES is perfect for my application which was to build a GOES receiving station from a Raspberry PI, and a Nooelec Smartee XTR with an attached GOES Sawbird+. I like that it has multiple ways to power it depending on the application. As an anecdotal side note, it works great in the cold as well, have had -2 f temps and all is working well! Highly recommended!usradioguy.com

Haven't had a chance to work on the GOES downloads but it seems to fire up just fine. I'll update this review once I have it up and running.Update: I've had it running for several weeks non-stop and it has worked flawlessly. I have it paired with a Nooelec SDR and a RaspberryPi. It's an excellent project to work on and these parts do the job very well.