TV channels & antenna towers in Huachuca City, Arizona

Huachuca City is a small community of about 1,760 people in Arizona. There are 19 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 11 full-power, 3 Class A, 3 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 11 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 6 at good or strong strength.

2 of them are within 25 miles of Huachuca City, 1 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 16 are more than 45 miles out. Seven of the 8 network stations in range are licensed to Tucson, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Tucson's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 9 (KGUN-TV), CBS on channel 13 (KOLD-TV), NBC on channel 4 (KVOA), Fox on channel 11 (KMSB), CW on channel 18 (KTTU), Telemundo on channel 40 (KHRR) and Univision on channel 46 (KUVE-DT). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (fair signal). 4 full-power stations in range have no network listed in our data; these are typically public television, religious, shopping or independent stations.

Point your antenna NNW, at about 338°. The main network towers for Huachuca City sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, KGUN-TV, KTTU, KVOA, KMSB and KOLD-TV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 59 miles north of Huachuca City (338° NNW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 7 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Huachuca City at fair strength or better, 86% arrive from the north; the rest are spread across one other direction.

All of the main network towers are within their radio horizon as seen from Huachuca City, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Huachuca City is KMSB (Fox), 59 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

At this distance a low-noise preamplifier mounted on the mast, right below the antenna, helps more than an amplifier near the TV. It boosts the signal before cable loss eats into it. See the amplifier guide.

With 11 stations at fair strength or better, Huachuca City ranks 111th of 215 places in Arizona: fewer than the typical Arizona town (12). Its nearest major network tower is 59 miles away, against a state median of 26 miles.

46% of Arizona's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna. The nearest larger city is Sierra Vista, 5.4 miles away.