Looking for a surge protector that covers antenna surges

[CptObvious]

We installed a small outdoor UHF antenna yesterday for HDTV signals, and ran a 50' RG6 cable into the house. Yesterday I noticed our old surge protector was used up (protection light was out) so I bought a Philips surge protector at Wal-mart for $32. It has connections for 2 coax sources, but the instructions say that the unit will protect coax (cable?) and broadband lines, and not DBS products like antennas or satellite dishes.

I don't know if this is true, but I imagine Philips would deny coverage if lightning were to hit the antenna. Does anyone know of any similarly priced surge protectors that cover antenna surges? Thanks in advance.

 

[Modelworks]

http://sadoun.com/Sat/Installation/Grounding.htm

You need to do that with any external antenna, uhf, fm, tv, sat, whatever.
A power strip type surge protector is not good enough for those.

Its only a couple dollars.
Biggest headache is usually connecting it to the houses ground point.

Nothing will protect from a direct strike.
What it does protect is static buildup during a storm that could draw the lighting to your antenna, sat, etc.

 

[bendixG15]

Once upon a time in my life I had a TV roof antenna that got hit by lightening, blew out the TV, HiFi equipment and 6 circuits in the electrical panel. The antenna rotator was on the carpet and it blew that up and burned a hole in the carpet.

I had paid a professional installer to put that antenna up because I was busy as hell at the time. The jerk did not ground the antenna.

The insurance company busted my chops and refused to replace the wall-to-wall carpeting.
I was young at the time.

End of my tale of woe.