Okay, I hate to be a party pooper here, but if I might point out, radio and tv transmissions travel at the speed of light. With that said, the signal is now 36 lightyears out from earth, or out around Denebola, a KOV star about 36.180 lightyears out.
This was the only problem I had with the series, the implication that it was a concurrent time line, reinforced with the second battlestar galactica series.
So I would have made two changes, first, when the first transmission is recieved, make it a news broadcast with date and year. During the episode, I would have other messages come in, copied by the bridge crew, ending with the "one small step for man."
This gives the Galactica crew an idea on how far back the "lost colony" had fallen.
Personally, I feel that this would have broadened the story line and given the show a better chance at surviving.
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