UNAUTHORIZED PENETRATION OF AIRSPACE. PROX OF TCA.

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MY HOME FIELD IS WITHAM FIELD; STUART; FL (SUA). ON 3/SAT/92 I FLEW MY PLANE VFR TO ST PETERSBURG; CLEARWATER INTL (PIE). I LEFT STUART ABOUT XX30 AM. MY FLT PLAN WAS TO ARCADIA; MUNICIPAL (X06); THEN DIRECT TO ST PETERSBURG; A HDG OF 314 DEGS. I HAVE FLOWN THIS TRIP 10 TIMES TO AND FROM ST PETE THIS YR 1992 TO DATE. I AM QUITE FAMILIAR WITH THE TAMPA (TCA) AND ALL THE GND AND TERRAIN SURROUNDING IT. AT APPROX XY30 AM I WAS AT POS (1) ON THE SECTIONAL MAP ENCLOSED HEREWITH; HDG 314 DEGS SHOWING 30.5 NM DME ON RADIAL 134 DEGS FROM ST PETE VOR 116.4 I CALLED TAMPA APCH ON 119.65 AND AFTER SEVERAL TRIES; GOT A REPLY. TOLD APCH MY POS AND ALT 4500 FT. HE ASKED ME TO IDENT WHICH I DID. NO FURTHER RESPONSE FOR 1 MIN OR MORE; THEN ACFT X IDENT. I REPLIED X IDENT AND DID AGAIN AT POS (2) ON SECTIONAL MAP ENCLOSED. DME SHOWING 24.6; STILL NO FURTHER RESPONSE FROM TPA APCH. AT 22.8 NM I TURNED TO HDG 270 DEGS TO STAY OUTSIDE OF TCA; AS I HAD NOT BEEN GIVEN CLRNC. WITHIN 20 SECONDS OF TURNING TO 270; TPA APCH 119.65 SAID CONTACT TPA ON 134.25. I REPLIED AND DID SO; TPA 134.25 REPLIED; 'YOU ARE 6 MI INSIDE THE TCA; TURN TO HDG 270.' I REPLIED I AM ON A HDG OF 270. I MADE NO REF TO HIS REMARK; 'YOU ARE 6 MI INSIDE THE TCA.' MY WIFE WHO ALWAYS FLIES WITH ME; NOTED THE DME AT 22.8 NM WHEN WE TURNED AND RIGHT NOW A SMALL ABANDONED ARPT WAS RIGHT UNDER THE NOSE. POS (3) ON SECTIONAL MAP ENCLOSED. NOTE 6 MI INSIDE THE TCA WOULD BE AT POS (4) ON THE SECTIONAL CHART ENCLOSED; 4 MI OUT OVER THE TAMPA BAY. I WAS 4 OR 5 MI S OF THE SHORELINE. 134.25 ASKED ME IF I WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE TPA TCA; I SAID I WAS; HE GAVE ME A HDG OF 330 DEGS AND TURNED ME OVER TO 119.65. COMMENTS: THERE ARE 2 ATC CTLRS IN THE TPA TCA THAT I GET ALL THE TIME ON 119.65 THAT TRY CONTINUALLY TO GET UNDER THE PLT'S SKIN. THEY ARE RUDE; TALK AS FAST AS POSSIBLE; NEVER ANSWER UNTIL YOU HAVE CALLED THEM 6 OR 7 TIMES. DON'T CLR YOU THROUGH THE TCA UNLESS YOU ASK THEM. TRY LITTLE TRICKS LIKE ARE YOU ASKING FOR RADAR COVERAGE; ETC. THE REST ARE POLITE; PRECISE; HELPFUL AND LIKE MOST ALL TFC CTLRS; A CREDIT TO THE SYS; BUT THESE BAD ONES NEED TO BE PULLED UP; RETRAINED; OR TALKED TO ABOUT PROCS AND ATTITUDES; ETC. THE ONLY WAY TO DO THIS IS TO PROVE THAT THEY ARE DOING THESE UNNECESSARY THINGS. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT; IF YOU WOULD PURSUE THIS CASE; AND FORCE IT TO A HEARING. I HAVE A FEELING I WILL NEVER HEAR ANYTHING FROM ENFORCEMENT ON THIS CASE; THEY KNOW I WAS NOT IN THE TCA BUT THERE ARE TAPES OF THE CONVERSATIONS AND COPIES ARE KEPT OF THE ACFT RADAR FLT PATH TO PROVE MY SECTIONAL MAP ENCLOSED.