Would Orville come to present day Earth

The Orville has repeatedly stated they would not contact a civilisation if they are not on par with them. Then why did they respond to Seti type signal on all the birthday episode. I have additional issue with the episode. So any civilisation no matter where they are on progression timeline will be contacted as long as they have SETI type technology.

Additionally, the current SETI program was commissioned around 70s. Would Orville like ship free to m another planet system come to contact us during 70s and provide all their technologies?