BS. Any long wire (even after your surge protector) will couple EMP. Believe it, you will lose much of your stuff in a real EMP event. I know. I worked with the Defense Nuclear Agency testing a facility for that very scenario. Not all of us are no-nothing armchair wankers _Jim.
The reason I even post to these threads is I personally did EMP studies and hardening tests.
"Not all of us are no-nothing armchair wankers"
Ok, wank THIS:
Since you are so knowledgeable, What is the coupling efficiency of a few kilometers of power line, versus a few feet of powercord?
What is the efficacy of power supply filtering from an EMP induced surge from a few feet of power cord?
Don't you know that a surge protector will protect from a surge built up in a few feet of power cord, just as well as a surge from a powerline?
ESD protection protects sensitive electronics from static discharges of thousands of volts, will an EMP exceed that, if so, by how much?
Radio front ends can and have withstood direct lightning strikes, with lightning protection installed and properly grounded. They do so every day, in fact.
Tell us some of the empirical data, when you get done wanking.