SMA FLT TESTING EQUIP PENETRATES ARSA WITHOUT CLRNC.

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UPON DEPARTING OSU ON A DATA GATHERING FLT; TESTING THE GPS SYS AND SOFTWARE; WE BEGAN A ROUTINE CLB AND DEP DIRECT TO APE VOR; OUR FIRST DATA POINT. NORMALLY WE ARREST THE CLB AT 2000 FT AND PROCEED UNDER THE BASE OF THE 10 MI ARSA. WHEN CLR; WE CLB TO 3500 FT TO INITIALIZE OUR SOFTWARE FOR THE GPS TEST. ON THIS DAY; WE HAD BEGUN TO HAVE SOME SYS (NAV COMPUTER SOFTWARE) PROBLEMS. MY TECHNICIAN ON BOARD BEGAN TO REQUEST 3500 FT TO INITIALIZE; STATING 'I NEED 3500 FT...; THAT'S WHAT I PROGRAMMED THE SOFTWARE FOR'. IN AN ATTEMPT TO ACCOMMODATE HIS REQUEST; I BEGAN TO CLB INADVERTENTLY INTO CMH'S ARSA ABOUT 8 MI OUT FROM THE CENTER. I WAS MONITORING DEP (120.2) IN MY CLB BUT THIS DAY HAD NOT COMMUNICATED WITH HIM. AS WE NEARED APE I HEARD A PARTIALLY BLOCKED XMISSION FROM DEP TO ME BUT WAS UNSURE THE CALL SIGN WAS MINE AND SINCE I WAS NOT TALKING TO DEP; I DID NOT RESPOND OR QUERY HIS XMISSION. THE FLT CONTINUED WITH NO INCIDENT OR PROBLEM THROUGH THE GEOGRAPHICAL CHKPOINTS. I DID CONTACT INDIANAPOLIS CENTER OVER GALLIPOLIS; OH; AND WAS ADVISED OF AN ARSA TAG AND REQUEST THAT I CALL THE TWR (CMH) UPON MY RETURN TO OSU. UPON MY RETURN; I SPOKE WITH SHIFT SUPVR WHO INDICATED IT WAS NO BIG DEAL; BUT I HAD VIOLATED THE ARSA AND AS HE SAID 'THEY' ARE CRACKING DOWN ON THIS SORT OF THING. I ASKED FOR SOME UNDERSTANDING AND HE SAID HE AGREED WITH ME BUT WOULD HAVE TO FILE THE RPT WITH THE FSDO. I ASKED FOR MORE UNDERSTANDING AND ADMITTED I WAS WRONG AND I HAD BEEN TEMPORARILY DISTR. HE SAID HE UNDERSTOOD BUT WOULD HAVE TO CALL THE FSDO OPS PERSONNEL ON CALL FOR THE WEEKEND; WHICH HE DID. I CALLED SUPVR BACK AND HE INDICATED THAT HE HAD INITIATED THE PAPERWORK AND IT WOULD BE UP TO THE FSDO AS TO HOW IT WAS HANDLED. I CALLED ANOTHER FRIEND IN THE FAA THAT WORKS APCH AND IT TURNS OUT HE WAS THE ONE THAT CAUGHT MY INCURSION AND TAGGED MY FLT. HE SAID HE WOULD TALK TO SUPVR AND ASK IF HE COULD DROP IT SINCE HE WAS THE ONE WHO HAD TO FILL OUT THE PAPERWORK. SUPVR SAID NO; IT HAD BEEN RPTED AND COULD NOT BE DROPPED. MY FRIEND TOLD ME THAT HAD THAT BEEN HIS SUPVR IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DROPPED. I WENT TO THE RADAR ROOM ON THE MORNING AFTER THE INCURSION TO SEE WHERE I WENT INTO IT AND HOW TO AVOID THIS SAME SITUATION AGAIN.