Hello.

I have whole-house protection as well as individual surge protectors
and/or UPS units on each and every one of my electronic components.
These certainly offer adequate protection except, of course, against a
direct lightning strike such as a "bolt from the blue," for which there
is no advance warning. (My antennas are all indoor types; my main
antenna, a Wellbrook ALA330S, is mounted in my attic. So these antennas
do not have to be physically disconnected from my radios during a storm
as it is imperative to do with outdoor ones.)

Even so, when my equipment is not in actual use, everything is
unplugged (including the power supply to the Wellbrook antenna). I have
written about this, and its importance, before. While it may seem a
"pain" to unplug all the time, believe me, you soon get used to it and
the peace-of-mind it affords makes it well-worth the small effort
required.

Best,

Joe