[amsat-bb] AO-85 hard of hearing?

I have attempted to make the last two passes of AO-85 over the West Coast, 8/3/2018 at 01:12 zulu on 8/03/18 and on 08/03/18 at 15:22 zulu. I could hear a number of stations but it seemed that the bird was having a hard time hearing me. I am running 2 HTs  at 5 W transmit full duplex into an Arrow II hand held satellite antenna. I had no problem hitting AO-92 at 18:19 today. Thanks for your help. 73, Bob, N6REK