The satellite antenna is set for Dish and we had it working earlier. An earlier stop in Arkansas a few days ago and we had it working but it took a long time to get actual shows to be displayed. When we moved to NM I set the zip for the local area and no I'm not trying to get local channels, just the normal package. Odd thing is I can get the menu showing the channels, just can't get the actual channels to show the "show". I can't imagine the receiver needs to be reactivated after traveling a couple days.
I did unplug the home receiver when we left last week but I wouldn't think that would be a factor.