PVT PLT OF AN SMA SINGLE ENG LAND ACFT TKOF WITHOUT CLRNC AT AN ARPT WITH A TEMPORARY TWR.

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49J IS AN UNCTLED ARPT. HOWEVER; BECAUSE OF THE LARGE VOLUME OF TFC EXPECTED FOR THE MCI HERITAGE GOLF TOURNAMENT A NOTAM WAS ISSUED. THE NOTAM IS AS FOLLOWS '49J 003 49J TEMP ATCT LC 127.1/GC 121.4 XX00-XY00 MON- SAT/YY00-YZ00 SUN TILL 4/X.' I HAD ARRIVED IN AT 49J PRIOR TO THE NOTAM AND USED THE UNICOM FREQ TO ANNOUNCE MY ARR. ON THE DAY OF MY DEP FLT I RECEIVED A WX BRIEFING AND FILED AN IFR FLT PLAN. I DO NOT RECALL THE BRIEFER MENTIONING THE NOTAM FOR 49J. ADDITIONALLY; I USED THE WX MODEM SYS ON A LAPTOP COMPUTER TO DO A FLT PLAN AND OBTAIN THE WX. HOWEVER; SINCE I DIDN'T HAVE A PRINTER IT WAS DIFFICULT TO READ THE FLT PLAN. ON THE SYS NOTAMS ARE IN BEGINNING OF THE PRINTOUT AND I MUST HAVE MISSED IT. AFTER A THOROUGH PREFLT AND CAREFUL LOADING OF THE PLANE I BEGAN TO TAXI TO RWY 03 AND MONITOR THE UNICOM FREQ 123.0. I WAS CONTACTED BY THE 'HILTON HEAD TWR' AND TOLD TO SWITCH TO 127.1. I CONTACTED THE 'HILTON HEAD TWR' AND WAS ASKED ABOUT MY IFR FLT PLAN. I INFORMED THEM SINCE IT WAS VFR I WOULD OPEN IT IN THE AIR WITH BEAUFORT. I WAS THEN CLRED TO TAXI; AT WHICH POINT I SWITCHED BACK TO THE UNICOM FREQ. DURING MY TAXI I WAS WONDERING WHO/WHAT THE HILTON HEAD TWR WAS SINCE THIS WAS AN UNCTLED ARPT. SINCE I HAD SWITCHED FREQS AND I DIDN'T REMEMBER THE 127.1 FREQ; I DID A LONG RUNUP AND ANNOUNCED ON UNICOM I WAS DEPARTING. THERE WAS NO CONTACT FROM THE TWR. SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THE TRIP I CONTINUED TO WONDER ABOUT THE TWR. HILTON HEAD HAS AN AWOS. WOULDN'T THAT ANNOUNCE THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A TWR? I RECHKED THE SECTIONALS -- THE AIRFIELD WAS MAGENTA. THEN I USED WX MODEM TO SEE IF THERE WERE NOTAMS FOR 49J. THEN I SAW THE NOTAM. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: 1) FIXATION ON THE TKOF: I WAS WORRIED ABOUT TAKING OFF AT FULL GROSS WT ON A HIGH DENSITY ALT DAY. I WAS NEW TO THE PLANE WITH APPROX 12 HRS IN IT AND I WAS CARRYING MY FAMILY. 2) CHANGING FREQS: I COULDN'T RE-CONTACT TWR SINCE THE FREQ WAS NOT PRINTED ON ANY CHARTS. ALL I COULD DO WAS HOPE THEY WOULD RE-CONTACT ME. AS MENTIONED EARLIER; I DID SOME INVESTIGATING AND FOUND THE NOTAM. TOO LATE FOR CORRECTIVE ACTIONS; I HAD DEPARTED.