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The radio club OSA in Antwerpen (member of the UBA) will activate the special call sign ON70REDSTARLINE during 2008.A special QSL card will be available via ON4OSA, either via bureau or direct. (QRZ.COM)
The Red Star Line was a Shipping Company that operated on lines from Antwerp to North America between 1873 and 1934. In that period over 3 million immigrants travelled with that line to the USA and Canada.

During 2008 a special exhibition is held in the Antwerp Shipping Museum around the Red Star Line. The Antwerp Shipping Museum is located in "Het Steen" an old castle on the banks of the river Schelde. At the end of the year the museum will move to a new location in the old harbour of Antwerp where there will be more possibilities to show the rich history of Antwerp and the River Schelde.

We also activate on a regular basis the call sign ON9BD from the Lightship Westhinder III, a museum ship located in the old harbour of Antwerp.