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by Animats 375 days ago
That's a good point. Anything that is designed to survive lightning strikes also has considerable EMP resistance.
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Communications equipment is not designed to withstand lightning strikes. Lightning protection is meant to prevent the tower from melting or the building from burning down, not to protect a receiver!
I'm not at all sure why you'd think that. Here's an actual product that sits inline with the coaxial cable and is absolutely intended to protect the receiver.

https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/ntk-pti-bb50nff?seid=dxe...

Serious HEMP protectors are tested to MIL-STD-188-125 or IEC 61000-2-10