This stage of the SLP Competition 2018, which took place on October 27 and 28, brought dramatic battles between radio amateurs and SWL enthusiasts from several countries. Gennadiy Drozdov (UA3182SWL) topped the leaderboard with a score of 14,362 points, closely followed by Kees Schout (NL294) and Helmut Grund (DE2HUG). The complete results of the 8th stage provide a detailed overview of the point status of individual participants and contribute to the running order of the competition for the whole year. The overall scoreboard shows the strong performances of the regulars and highlights the evenness of the competition, where every point can decide the final placing.
Results of the 8th stage of SLP October 27-28, 2018
| Name | SWL ID | The score | |
| 1 | Gennadiy Drozdov | UA3182SWL | 14362 |
| 2 | Kees Schout | NL294 | 12506 |
| 3 | Helmut Grund | DE2HUG | 9975 |
| 4 | Dusan Hanak | OK2-9329 | 8763 |
| 5 | Sjuk Veenstra | NL6904 | 6642 |
| 6 | Alex Gorbunov | US-Q-73 | 6528 |
| 7 | Francois Conraux | F-80248 | 6426 |
| 8 | Johan Heus | NL9723 | 5824 |
| 9 | Aleksandr Boyko | US-Q-2115 | 4968 |
| 10 | Igor Krinetsky | USF-007 | 1456 |
| 11 | Oleg Ivanchenko | UB50734221 | 285 |
Results of SLP Competition 2018
| SWL | SLP1 | SLP2 | SLP3 | SLP4 | SLP5 | SLP6 | SLP7 | SLP8 | Together |
| NL294 | 4928 | ( 0 ) | 13114 | 6765 | 16450 | 4250 | ( 0 ) | 12506 | 58013 |
| US-Q-73 | 1860 | 2535 | 10350 | 6307 | 0 | 0 | 3382 | 6528 | 30962 |
| DE2HUG | 1643 | ( 0 ) | 5335 | ( 0 ) | 5724 | 1855 | 2944 | 9975 | 27476 |
| NL9723 | ( 0 ) | 4400 | 3168 | ( 0 ) | 3150 | 4136 | 3744 | 5824 | 24422 |
| UA3182SWL | ( 0 ) | 585 | 2880 | 120 | 2479 | 736 | 0 | 14362 | 21162 |
| US-Q-2115 | 1975 | ( 0 ) | 6572 | 1406 | 4233 | ( 0 ) | 1694 | 4968 | 20848 |
| F-80248 | ( 0 ) | ( 0 ) | 2090 | 946 | 5664 | 1617 | 2752 | 6426 | 19495 |
| OK2-9329 | 0 | 0 | 4950 | 0 | 4081 | 0 | 0 | 8763 | 17794 |
| ONL4638 | 3216 | 0 | 6720 | 5796 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15732 |
| NL6904 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1716 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6642 | 1716 |
| USF-007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 736 | 1456 | 2234 |
| OK2-36449 | 0 | 0 | 1296 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1296 |
| R7R007 | 1000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1000 |
| UB50734221 | 36 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 342 | 0 | 192 | 285 | 904 |
| NL13740 | 0 | 0 | 560 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 560 |