TV channels & antenna towers in Eldorado at Santa Fe, New Mexico

Eldorado at Santa Fe is a town of about 6,130 people in New Mexico. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 44 licensed TV transmitters: 13 full-power, 2 Class A, 10 low-power and 19 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 13 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 8 at good or strong strength.

0 of them are within 25 miles of Eldorado at Santa Fe, 31 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 13 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 7 network stations in range are licensed to Albuquerque, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Albuquerque's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 7 (KOAT-TV), NBC on channel 4 (KOB), Fox on channel 13.2 (KRQE), CW on channel 19 (KWBQ), Telemundo on channel 2 (KASA-TV), Univision on channel 14 (KLUZ-TV) and Trinity on channel 23 (KNAT-TV). No CBS affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is KREZ-TV in Durango, CO, 162 miles to the northwest. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (good signal). 6 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 SW, at about 233°. The main network towers for Eldorado at Santa Fe sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, KOAT-TV, KASA-TV, KWBQ, KNAT-TV and KOB and others, transmit from the same tower site about 36 miles southwest of Eldorado at Santa Fe (234° SW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

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

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

The farthest main network tower for Eldorado at Santa Fe is KRQE (Fox), 36 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.

An amplifier only helps here if you run a long cable (over about 50 feet) or split the antenna to several TVs. Otherwise better placement does more. See the amplifier guide.

With 13 stations at fair strength or better, Eldorado at Santa Fe ranks 49th of 152 places in New Mexico: more than the typical New Mexico town (10). Its nearest major network tower is 36 miles away, against a state median of 29 miles.

49% of New Mexico's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Santa Fe, 11 miles away.