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In 2024 the New Year SWL Contest, organized by the VERON, is on Sunday 7 January 2024. This is an easy contest, so suited for beginners in SWL contesting. It is a phone contest on the 80m and 40m bands. All you have to do is to log QSO's of Amateur Radio stations and send your log to the adjucator: NL290@veron.nl .

The simple rules are available on: https://www.veron.nl/vereniging/commissies-en-werkgroepen/nl-commissie/swl-contesten-nlc/ .

Succes with SWL contesting!

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The winner of the 8th Short Listening Period (SLP) Contest of this year is Bill Smith W1-7897 with a score of 62220. Second placed was Francois Conraux F-80248 scoring 15582 and Oleksandr Boyko US-Q-2115 became third with 13857 points.

The complete result table is available on: https://www.veron.nl/vereniging/commissies-en-werkgroepen/nl-commissie/swl-contesten-nlc/

My best wishes to you for the X-mas season and good luck in 2024!

The winner of the 7th Short Listening Period (SLP) Contest of this year is Bill Smith W1-7897 with a score of 14842. Second placed was Francois Conraux F-80248 scoring 6160 and Victor Reijs NL413 became third with 5520 points.

The complete result table is available on: https://www.veron.nl/vereniging/commissies-en-werkgroepen/nl-commissie/swl-contesten-nlc/

The 28MHz SWL Contest will be in the second full weekend of December, so this year on 9 and 10 December. This is the same weekend of the ARRL 10Meter Contest.

For the rules you may visit the website of the VERON, SWL section: https://www.veron.nl/vereniging/commissies-en-werkgroepen/nl-commissie/swl-contesten-nlc/ .

Wishing you lots of success in this and other  (SWL) contests!

73, Ruud Ivens, NL290, SWL Contest Manager VERON.

The winner of the 6th Short Listening Period (SLP) contest of this year is Bill Smith W1-7897 with a score of 11297. Second placed was Francois Conraux F-80248 scoring 5369 and Oleksandr Boyko US-Q-2115 became third with 3102 points.

The complete result table is available on: https://www.veron.nl/vereniging/commissies-en-werkgroepen/nl-commissie/swl-contesten-nlc/

The winner of the 5th Short Listening Period (SLP) contest of this year is Bill Smith W1-7897 with a score of 25312. Second placed was Francois Conraux F-80248 scoring 14406 and Victor Reijs NL413 became third with 6402 points.

The complete result table is available on: https://www.veron.nl/vereniging/commissies-en-werkgroepen/nl-commissie/swl-contesten-nlc/

The winner of the 4th Short Listening Period (SLP) contest of this year is Bill Smith with a score of 6313. Second placed was Francois Conraux F-80248 scoring 5940 and Helmut Grund DE2HUG became third with 4368 points.

The complete result table is available on: https://www.veron.nl/vereniging/commissies-en-werkgroepen/nl-commissie/swl-contesten-nlc/

There you also can find the rules of the SLP contest series and other contests sponsored by the SWL section of the VERON.

The third Short Listening Period contest of 2023 was held in the weekend of 25 and 26 March. The SWL Bill Smith W1-7897 was the winner with a score of 29125. Second placed was Francois Conraux F-80248 scoring 11760 and third became Helmut Grund from Germany with 10209 points. The complete result table is available on the website of the VERON SWL section: https://www.veron.nl/vereniging/commissies-en-werkgroepen/nl-commissie/swl-contesten-nlc/

The second Short Listening Period contest of 2023 was held in the weekend of 4 and 5 March. SWL Bill W1-7897 from the USA was the winner with a score of 27032. Second placed was the French SWL Francois Conraux F-80248 scoring 4747 and third became Helmut DE2HUG from Germany with 3916 points.