[amsat-bb] HO-68

I have been trying to work HO-68 on fairly good passes but can no hear a thing. Sometimes I think I hear faint voices but that could be wishful thinking. I am new to using the sat's but have been around the hobby for years. I am using a Kenwood TH-G71 with the uplink and tone +downlink programmed into one memory. Also using a arrow antenna . I am talking about above 40 pass . I know it is around 1200 K up so do I need a preamp to hear it and what are my real chances of doing this with around 5 watts? According to the published schedules It should be on for NA. I know my track time was good because I did check near the end of the pass and could hear the packet burst from ARISS. Any help with this one?

Don

WB8ZOM in Waterford MI.