TV channels & antenna towers in Colfax, California

Colfax is a small community of about 2,010 people in California. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 60 licensed TV transmitters: 16 full-power, 6 Class A, 22 low-power and 16 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 14 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 8 at good or strong strength.

0 of them are within 25 miles of Colfax, 13 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 47 are more than 45 miles out. Eight of the 15 network stations in range are licensed to Sacramento, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Sacramento's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 10 (KXTV), CBS on channel 13 (KOVR), NBC on channel 3 (KCRA-TV), Fox on channel 40 (KTXL), PBS on channel 6 (KVIE), CW on channel 58 (KQCA), ION on channel 29 (KSPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 31.7 (KMAX-TV) and Univision on channel 27 (KREN-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (good signal). 3 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 SSW, at about 207°. The main network towers for Colfax sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, KTXL, KVIE, KQCA, KCRA-TV and KSPX-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 65 miles southwest of Colfax (208° SSW). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 12 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Colfax at fair strength or better, 67% arrive from the southwest; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Colfax is KOVR (CBS), 66 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

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 14 stations at fair strength or better, Colfax ranks 790th of 1,078 places in California: fewer than the typical California town (25). Its nearest major network tower is 39 miles away, against a state median of 22 miles.

30% of California's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna. The nearest larger city is Lincoln, 23 miles away.