Disconnect the TV during an electrical storm. This is what we did back in the 60's. Problem solved.

Understood but the lightning can still build a corona and induce stray Voltage all over electrical wiring in your attic and throughout your home.
At the minimum i would bond the pole to ground.

What is an electrical corona?
A corona discharge is an electrical discharge brought on by the ionization of a fluid such as air surrounding a conductor that is electrically charged. Spontaneous corona discharges occur naturally in high-voltage systems unless care is taken to limit the electric field strength.

According to this article, SetTV is definitely NOT a legal service:

Set TV is Definitely Not a Legitimate Streaming Service

When I look at the list of channels and saw HBO and BBC (not just BBC America), I figured it was all stolen channels.

ESPN is not an over-the-air (OTA) broadcast network. The only way to get it is cable, satellite or some kind of streaming service. That's true of most of the channels we now think of as mainstream (HBO, Showtime, Comedy Central, SyFy, National Geographic, TNT, CNN, Fox News, etc., etc.). Pretty much the only major networks you can get OTA are ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, PBS and several smaller independents.

Also, if you've become accustomed to using DVRs, note that don't get that convenience with broadcast TV via antennas without buying your own DVR, such as a TiVo. And note that many of those require monthly subscriptions for the service of providing what shows are going to be on what channels when.

Even free stuff isn't free anymore!

That's a very good synopsis of TV in today's World. In 2008 while living in Baltimore my Comcast went out for 3 days, which included the weekend. No explanation, no updates, no refund on my bill. That week I called Directv and had it installed, it was free. I have the Premier Package, which is every channel they offer plus a 1000 hour HD DVR. In 10 years I've never had a service call, the only time I've seen a repair man was when I moved to Florida in 2011 he installed my system here, free of course. I don't worry about where or when some show or sporting event is on, have never missed my favorite team's NFL game, in fact this past football season they gave me NFL Ticket for free, a $300 value. I do spent $180 a month for Directv, but to me it's worth it.

Why not just put it on your roof? The Villages makes you think you can't do this, but the law says you can. My friend who lives in the Villages went
through this and now has one her roof.

We don't get Golf, ESPN, Fox News, CNN, or any of the other CABLE Stations -- because they are - well - CABLE stations. We DO get pretty much all the over-the-air stations out of Orlando. This includes the CBS, NBC, ABC, and Fox stations, plus a lot of their "sub-channels", which run old movies, old TV serials (like Perry Mason, Murder she wrote, etc., etc. Oh, yes, also about 4 PBS stations, and several stations broadcasting religious programming. Also several Spanish-speaking.

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See my previous - post # 37. Sorry, I forgot to quote the above, so you could readily see what I was responding to.