[TowerTalk] US Towers and wind Loading Capacity

[K4IA at aol.com]

I am confused.  The rotor and mast are a 25 pound wind load?  

That seems like a lot -- it is more than a big antenna.  How can that be?  I 
would have thought the mast and rotor would be minimal wind load.  I am 
planning one of these for myself.  What am I missing?

Radio K4IA
Craig "Buck"
Fredericksburg, Virginia USA
FISTS # 6702 CC 788 Diamond 64