Answer:   they both are...it's AM radio, for gosh sakes.

At 03:42 2019-01-06, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:

Quick, which one of these two is living in the past?
The one who is reliving the good ol' days of December 24th.
Or
The one who claims that he doesn't know how to do that.
Tough philosophical problem.
Probably an excuse for a drink and an evening of cogitation in front 
of the fire.  (even though there has been the tiniest hint of a 
carrier on 1386 on the radio....in real time)
At 02:34 2019-01-06, R. Colin Newell wrote:

What's a recording? :-)
Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -
> On Jan 5, 2019, at 6:22 PM, Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@ieee.org> wrote:
>
> With conditions like this, all that's left is to go over old recordings.
>
>
											

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

I agree the 11 pips have to be a mixture of stations. I've never heard 11 anywhere from anyone.

I wont speculate any further as there is no information to base it on.

Chuck

With conditions like this, all that's left is to go over old recordings.
The morning of 24 December was pretty interesting 
in that Iran on 1098 was heard here.  Going over 
the SDR recordings, there are ever so faint 
traces of the R. Iran chimes also on 585 and 720 at 1530UT on 24 December.
Definitely targets for the next opening...
At 01:29 2019-01-06, R. Colin Newell wrote:
Which is why if we got more than 2 days of sun 
in a row, Iâ??d lower my FLAGS for service and 
tweaking and put up an end-fed and get my CQ on.
For now itâ??s all wind, rain, gale, torrent, repeat...
Colin Newell - Victoria -
VA7WWV - B.C. CANADA -
> On Jan 5, 2019, at 5:09 PM, Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@ieee.org> wrote:
>
> 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.

>
>
>

											

Stu Forsyth, Chief Editor of the NZ DX Times, logged and verified this
back on 7 Apr 2018 at 0834 UT using one of the club's SDR's at Russell
in the Far North, while carrying a relay of the Beeb..... excuse was an
equipment failure when they were supposed to be on FM only.

Theo
Burnaby, BC
On 5/01/2019 5:41 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:

It appears this 50KW Non directional Daytimer is still on. Heard with NPR
89.1 ID's during a local break between segments of "American Roots Radio"
with some discussion and playing of rockabilly, rock n roll and country
music. Sign off should be 545pm mountain.
Paul Walker
Laramie, Wyoming
Icom IC746 Pro and 25 ft long by 1-0 foot tall Wellbrook ALA100LN
Volleyball net magnetic loop antenna