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VFR INBOUND; LNDG AT DELAWARE COUNTY ARPT; MUNCIE; IN. ATIS NOT XMITTING; ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT MUNCIE APCH 15 SM NW. ZID ACKNOWLEDGED MY XMISSION 'SQUAWK XXXX; RPT ARPT IN SIGHT.' MANY XMISSIONS TO TWR. TWR REPLIED; 'TEMPORARY TWR IN OP OR CONTACT FLT SVC.' TWR ADVISED; 'RPT NW FOR R BASE FOR RWY 20. ANOTHER ACFT INBOUND FROM THE SE; RPT L BASE LAND RWY 20.' THE OTHER ACFT INBOUND FROM SE WAS UNABLE TO COMPLY WITH INSTRUCTIONS AS THE PLT XMITTED THAT THERE WERE 2 XMISSIONS AT THE SAME TIME ON TWR FREQ. I ALSO EXPERIENCED THE SAME DIFFICULTY. I ACKNOWLEDGED MY INSTRUCTIONS; 'RPT R BASE; CLRED TO LAND RWY 20.' WHILE ON R BASE; THE OTHER INBOUND SUPPOSEDLY FOR L BASE FOR RWY 20. THIS ACFT PASSED BELOW MY ACFT BY 300 FT ON A NW HDG. UPON LNDG; UNABLE TO CONTACT GND. BACK TO TWR AND PROCEEDED TO TIE-DOWN AREA. WHEN DEPARTING FROM TIE-DOWN; UNABLE TO CONTACT GND FREQ. CONTACTED TWR; REQUESTING INSTRUCTIONS TO TAXI TO ACTIVE RWY. TAXIING TOWARD ACTIVE AND ADVISED TO HOLD SHORT AS THE TXWY WAS SUPPOSEDLY CLOSED. NO BARRICADES OF ANY TYPE. THE TWR DID XMIT THEY WERE HAVING PROBS. AT LEAST 6 OTHER ACFT IN THE TIE-DOWN AREA WERE UNABLE TO CONTACT GND CTL. CONTACTED TWR TO PROCEED TO ACTIVE WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO PROCEED TO ACTIVE RWY 20. DEPARTED; TKOF WITH APPROVED INSTRUCTIONS RWY 20 CLRNC NW DEP 3000 FT. THE ENTIRE EPISODE WAS ABSOLUTE MAYHEM. I ALSO RPTED THIS INCIDENT TO INDIANAPOLIS FAA.