Breakfast97, for your home set up, a technician would be require for your initial set up. They will install your Hopper 3 receiver, provide the dish and run cabling, and align the dish for the best signal strength. You would be able to add a purchased Wally or VIP211 receiver to your home account that you are able to turn on when in use on the road or turn off when you are not on the road. For your set up while on the road, it would require a portable dish, the Wally/VIP 211, and cabling.
A Pay-As-You-Go account has no commitment required, activation, disconnect or restart fees. When you are no longer using your service you can simply stop paying your monthly bill. When you are ready to resume services, you will have to make a payment, and your services will be restored within 15 minutes.