Hi bud,
Former 7000s user here.
Hughes has three system platforms in use:
The now "legacy" Ku band DW6000/HN7000s systems required only "line of sight" to an assigned satellite and transponder frequency (it seems there may have been 6 or 7 at the time). Hughes leased transponder space on birds owned by others ... I was on 91W. (Galaxy11 as I recall).
The "throughput" of those birds are limited and the leases are expensive so Hughes went the route of commissioning the building and launch of their own "fleet" of satellites with sole ownership and greater performance and capacity.
The two present Hughes birds are Spaceway3 (95'W) (HN9000 series modems) and Echostar17 (AKA Jupiter 1) (107.1'W) (HT1000/1100 series modems).
These are "spot beam" technology Ka band systems that require not only line-of-sight to the satellite but also a user must be within the "footprint" of a given "beam" of THAT satellite.
Example, in the case of Gen4 (Echostar17) there are 60 "spotbeams" aimed at specific areas of the US. For more info on "spotbeams" see this topic:
https://community.myhughesnet.com/hughesnet/topics/beams-gateways-and-loading-overloadingIn the end, at present, there simply are no "spotbeams" aimed at your location so you are limited to the Ku band "leased" legacy HN7000 system.
Now, that COULD change in the (somewhat) near future as Hughes is soon to launch and put into service Jupiter 2. There as been no official announcement that I have seen as to spotbeam coverage for the new satellite.