To call this morning dead would be an insult to any dearly departed. Judging by NHK2's on line presence, they signed off some time after 1440UT this morning, but the SDR recordings could tell me nothing further.

pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly):

nada,

Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling with splash or noise):

absent

not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker:

594 JOAK 1546UT

Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music)

612 man DU English intonation 1507UT

972 man and woman in possible Koran 1553UT

Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter)
747 774 828 1566 seemed to be Asian;
567 594 702 738 891 1017 1098 seemed to be DU

best wishes,

Nick

Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada