[NullAshton]

Narf, I was thinking that you wouldn't bother to decode the signal in the first place. They'll probally be doing the same thing, and an omni-directional signal will not give them any clue as to where you are.

And no, the voyager spacecraft never were picked up. One came back as a massive chunk of technology, completed it's mission, and then ascended to a higher plane of existance. Another one of the voyager spacecraft got disintergrated by Klingons for target practice.