The third round of the 2009 Short Listening Period (SLP) series of competitions took place during the weekend of March 28-29, 2009. It produced very interesting results and confirmed the high level of international participation. He took the first place with a significant lead Vladimir Ignatov (R3A-847) from Russia, who reached 60282 points. Druhé miesto patrí to Jozef Marcincák (OM3-0001) from Slovakia with 18900 points, ktorý tak potvrdil svoje dlhodobé pôsobenie medzi najlepšími SWL operators in the region. He took the third place Bill Smith (W1-7897) from the US with a profit 9396 points.

They follow closely behind Hans Lambregts (NL7403), Paul Lemeire (ONL3058), Johan Heus (NL9723) a Eelco Verkaik (NL10133), who confirmed the strong position of Dutch and Belgian listeners in this category.
After publication of the running order SLP Competition 2009 maintains its leading position Vladimir Ignatov R3A-847 with the sum 72,216 points, nasledovaný By Bill Smith W1-7897 a Jozef Marcincák OM3-0001. Tretie kolo tak naznačilo zaujímavý vývoj súťaže a napäté poradie, ktoré bude pokračovať v nasledujúcich etapách roka 2009.
Result sheet SLP 3/2009, March 28-29, 2009
| Name | SWL ID | Points | |
| 1 | Vladimir Ignatov | R3A-847 | 60282 |
| 2 | Jozef Marcincák | OM3-0001 | 18900 |
| 3 | Bill Smith | W1-7897 | 9396 |
| 4 | Hans Lambregts | NL7403 | 7232 |
| 5 | Paul Lemeire | ONL3058 | 6384 |
| 6 | Johan Heus | NL9723 | 6072 |
| 7 | Eelco Verkaik | NL10133 | 3690 |
Current standings of SLP Competition 2009
| SWL | SLP1 | SLP2 | SLP3 | SLP4 | SLP5 | SLP6 | SLP7 | SLP8 | Together |
| R3A-847 | 11934 | 0 | 60282 | 72216 | |||||
| W1-7897 | 3402 | 21279 | 9396 | 34077 | |||||
| OM3-0001 | 7168 | 6944 | 18900 | 33012 | |||||
| NL9723 | 5880 | 3465 | 6072 | 15417 | |||||
| NL7403 | 3920 | 3120 | 7232 | 14272 | |||||
| ONL3058 | 2479 | 0 | 6384 | 8863 | |||||
| GM21056 | 2166 | 5243 | 0 | 7409 | |||||
| NL10133 | 375 | 1701 | 3690 | 5766 | |||||
| ONL4638 | 1924 | 0 | 0 | 1924 | |||||
| NL13181 | 1888 | 0 | 0 | 1888 |
