SMA ATTEMPTING TO ENTER ATA HAS FREQ CONGESTION; UNEXPECTED ENTRY FROM HIS POS DIRECTION. DECIDES TO LEAVE AREA. CONCERNED THAT HE MAY BE 'ACCUSED' AS TFC IN SMT PLT'S STATEMENT THAT ACFT CROSSED HIS PATH INBOUND ON THE ILS.

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SUN; BEAUTIFUL; BRIGHT DAY; MUCH FLYING ACTIVITY; CTL TWR BUSY. I WAS RETURNING TO ILG (HOME BASE) FROM N92 PRACTICING 'GRASS STRIP' LNDGS -- HAVING DIFFICULTY GETTING THROUGH RADIO TFC FOR LNDG CLRNC. 040 DEG HDG TO ILG (FROM N92) IS ALMOST L BASE FOR RWY 32 ILG. EXPECTING ROUTINE 'RPT L BASE RWY 32;' I WAS SURPRISED TO GET 'RPT L DOWNWIND RWY 32.' BY THIS TIME; I WAS GETTING CLOSE ENOUGH IN THAT I DECIDED TO RETURN TO N92 FOR A HARDTOP LNDG (RATHER THAN ENTER AGAINST THE DOWNWIND 32 TFC) -- AND THEN CRUISE DOWN THE C&D CANAL ON THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY -- RE-ENTER WHEN TFC EASED UP. AS I TURNED AWAY TO THE SW I HEARD AN SMT PLT RPTING AN SMA TURNING RIGHT ACROSS HIS INBOUND ILS 1 PATH. TWR RPTED HE WAS NOT TALKING TO ANYONE IN THE AREA BUT SMT INSISTED TWR GET THE NUMBER. TWR SAID HE WOULD RPT TO HIS SUPVR. I KNOW I WASN'T IN THAT POS; ALTHOUGH I WAS IN THE GENERAL AREA -- I JUST DON'T WANT SOMEONE PICKING MY N NUMBER OUT OF THE AIR AND SAYING I FLEW THROUGH THE ILS 1 FLT OF SMT. I AM A CURRENT INST PLT -- FLY ILS 1 IN GOOD AND FOUL WX. I KNOW WHERE THAT GLIDEPATH IS. I WENT THE OTHER DIRECTION. SMT INSISTED AN SMA CROSSED HIS PATH -- MAYBE; BUT NOT ME! I'M NOT SURE WHY I'M RPTING THIS -- JUST AN UNCOMFORTABLE NAGGING FEELING ABOUT WHAT I HEARD AND WHERE I WAS. I NEVER SAW AN SMT -- I DID HEAR ITS PLT TALK. MY LESSONS: PLAN TO ENTER EARLIER IN THE PATTERN; EVEN WHEN I KNOW THE FIELD; PARTICULARLY ON A BUSY DAY. AS IN 'TAILGATING' AS LONG AS EVERYONE DOES EXACTLY WHAT'S EXPECTED IT MAY WORK; BUT... SO DON'T.