That's just how testing a new antenna works, either the band is super fabulous or dead (sounds like you got the dead part this time). Give it a few days of trying and see if things are better.
A few things to check though, just in case:
* Since you send the CQs, what was the SWR? Acceptable (2.0:1 or less hopefully)?
* Did you check the connections with an ohm meter to make sure that they're solid (and not shorted)?
* Try tuning around the band (even extending to the CB frequencies, receive only of course) to see if you can pick up signals there. If so it at least works to some degree. If not, you probably have some issues to work on.
* Were you using the correct mode (and sideband if appropriate)? My chart shows 10 meters to use USB and you may have issues if you try to use LSB.
* Did you try during the correct period of the day for that band? My chart shows that 10 meters is best during daylight hours so night time propogation may not be very good.
Here's a link to a .pdf of a chart similar to the one I have
http://www.georouter.com/cras/Frequency Charts.pdf