@sanfran, welcome to the forum!
It appears to me that your system is very similar to the one described by @Aaron a little bit ago. I will try to find the thread when I am on my computer to link to it. I would love to read more about your experiences in that manner.
I think you may be the first one on this forum so far to try that in the US—but I am really hoping that someone reads this and intervenes!
You may want to introduce yourself on the welcome thread. I am looking froward to your posts!