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The winner of this year's New Year contest is Anton Mandos ONL908 with a score of 354. Second placed is Bill Smith W1-7897 scoring 193 points, before Francois Conraux F-80248 with a score of 151.

The complete result table is available on: https://www.veron.nl/vereniging/commissies-en-werkgroepen/nl-commissie/swl-contesten-nlc/ . There you also will find the rules and results of the other SWL contests organized by the SWL section of the VERON.

This series of 8 SLP contests is open to SWLs all over the world.

The first Short Listening Period Contest for SWLs of 2023 is in the weekend of 28 and 29 January. 

The SLP contest weekends in 2023 are:

1. 28-29 January

2. 4-5 March

3. 25-26 March

4. 6-7 May

5. 8-9 July

6. 9-10 September

7. 14-15 October

8. 28-29 October

These SWL contests are sponsored by the SWL section of the VERON.

The winner of the 8th Short Listening Period (SLP) Contest of this year is Bill Smith W1-7897 with a score of 57535. Second placed was Oleg Ivanchenko UB50734221 scoring 41832 and Francois Conraux F-80248 became third with 15698 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 2023!

n 2023 the New Year SWL Contest, organized by the VERON, is on Sunday 8 January 2023. 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!

73, Ruud NL290, SWL Contest Manager VERON.

The 28MHz SWL Contest will be in the second full weekend of December, so this year on 10 and 11 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 7th Short Listening Period (SLP) Contest of this year is Bill Smith W1-7897 with a score of 20952. Second placed was Oleg Ivanchenko scoring 10366 and Francois Conraux F-80248 became third with 3276 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 6th Short Listening Period (SLP) contest of this year is Bill Smith W1-7897 with a score of 9360. Second placed was Francois Conraux F-80248 scoring 3888 and Oleg Ivanchenko UB50734221 became third with 3195 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 21423. Second placed was Francois Conraux F-80248 scoring 12410 and Helmut Grund DE2HUG became third with 7250 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 Oleg Ivanchenko UB50734221 with a score of 4472. Second placed was Francois Conraux F-80248 scoring 2240 and Helmut Grund DE2HUG became third with 1632 points.

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

The third Short Listening Period contest of 2022 was held in the weekend of 26 and 27 March. The French SWL Francois Conraux F-80248 was the winner with a score of 8925. Second placed was Helmut Grund DE2HUG scoring 7380 and third became Ad Hilders NL9745 from the Netherlands with 3726 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/