You wouldn't want this in your radio room any more than you would want it anywhere in your house. Even the tree is too close. Forget about arrestors. Best to have extra ground rods and just disconnect the coax from the rig and put it outside. Then, disconnect your gear from the wall sockets.
Anywhere East of the Rocky Mtns is fair game for lightning. Florida is still the lightning capital of the US. Not in the world; Africa still holds that world heavyweight title.
That's just it Robb, I wont be able to remove the coax from the house. I don't mind having to go outside and removing a couple of connections from within a remote box and isolating them (the ones that do lead inside) away from the tower. The tower itself with be right beside the house as well so how much good any of this will have waits to be seen, but i would like to take whatever precautions i can should the thunder gods decide to visit.
I'll have a look at the radial field idea as well Doc, thanks for the direction The more options of venting off all that juice the better as I think the closest i'll get any rods is about 8 feet away from the tower/house due to a cistern and the old, unused septic that still exist. Unfortunately this is the only location i'm able to use.
Thanx all....