fixitz <fixitz@netcom.com> wrote:

Just out of curiousity would you know how far our earliest
earthly radio communications could have traveled so far?

About 50 lightyears give or take, transmitters prior to the 1950's
weren't powerful enough to cross galactic distances.

And is it likely that if we did detect otherworld radio
communcation that due to the distance it need have traveled
that they would be more advanced than us because of the time
lag?

Not necessarily, suppose we receive a signal today whose origin is
determined to be at a distance of 50 lightyears, it would be reasonable
to assume that they're at about the same level of advancement as we are.

Sharku
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