Unfortunatly (due to easter?) very poor activety.
I called CQ for over 1 hour without repons, except for one station.
Congratulations on getting on the air.
There was quite a lot of activity over the weekend, and several
stations calling you, including me. Perhaps your next move is to
check that the receive system is as good as it can be.
It is possible the receiver is not sensitive enough, or not properly
matched. It might be being blocked by out-of-band signals. More
likely, you may have QRM from local electrical sources such as
SMPSUs, long-life light bulbs etc.
Some tips:
DCF39 should be a long way over S9.
You should be able to hear the 'chatter' (also known as galloping
horses) from Loran all over the band.
The band noise should not be 'flat' (white noise). You should be able
to hear continuous static and other interesting noises.
The background noise should not vary much across the band. If it
does, you may have local QRM.
Possible improvements are:
A tuned pre-amp (see G3YXM's web site).
If the sensitivity is good, a receive tuner may reduce blocking
effects from commercial LF stations.
A loop antenna dedicated to receiving (this can be placed to null out
a source of local QRM).
Good luck. I look forward to our first QSO.
Mike, G3XDV
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