TV channels & antenna towers in Rancho Calaveras, California

Rancho Calaveras, California has a population of about 4,490. Our map shows 35 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 11 full-power, 5 Class A and 19 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 11 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 8 at good or strong strength.

2 of them are within 25 miles of Rancho Calaveras, 20 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 13 are more than 45 miles out. Eight of the 12 network stations in range are licensed to Sacramento, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Sacramento's stations.

The best-placed network stations 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 19 (KUVS-DT). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (strong signal). 2 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 WNW, at about 285°. The main network towers for Rancho Calaveras sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Eight network stations, KQCA, KCRA-TV, KXTV, KMAX-TV and KOVR and others, transmit from the same tower site about 36 miles west of Rancho Calaveras (286° WNW). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Rancho Calaveras at fair strength or better, 89% arrive from the west; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Rancho Calaveras is KVIE (PBS), 37 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

KUVS-DT is only 7.3 miles away with a strong signal. Signals that strong can overload an amplifier, so start without one and add it only if distant channels are missing. Read when an amplifier helps.

With 11 stations at fair strength or better, Rancho Calaveras ranks 892nd of 1,078 places in California: fewer than the typical California town (25). Its nearest major network tower is 7.3 miles away, against a state median of 22 miles.

48% of California's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Lodi, 23 miles away.