Absent any form of antenna technology we don't know about, all of these signals are going to be extremely dispersed and very near to the rate of noise, for any receiver that is even moderately far away. It is still possible to detect these signals, but only you know exactly what you are looking for. Not only the direction and frequency of the signal are needed to know, also amplitude, polarization and any form of modulation pattern. Otherwise, the signal might just be interpreted as noise.
Also 70 ly are "not even beyond our backyard" so to speak. 70 ly is such a small distance, compared to other possible distances in our galaxy. It is a far too small patch to be taken as a basis and extrapolate to the rest of the 27000 ly of galaxy ahead of the signal. Maybe the space ruffians are 80 ly away from us, or 800...
Absent any form of antenna technology we don't know about, all of these signals are going to be extremely dispersed and very near to the rate of noise, for any receiver that is even moderately far away. It is still possible to detect these signals, but only you know exactly what you are looking for. Not only the direction and frequency of the signal are needed to know, also amplitude, polarization and any form of modulation pattern. Otherwise, the signal might just be interpreted as noise.
Also 70 ly are "not even beyond our backyard" so to speak. 70 ly is such a small distance, compared to other possible distances in our galaxy. It is a far too small patch to be taken as a basis and extrapolate to the rest of the 27000 ly of galaxy ahead of the signal. Maybe the space ruffians are 80 ly away from us, or 800...