SMA ENTERS CLASS D AIRSPACE WITHOUT CLRNC. RADIO FAILURE.

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I DEPARTED CHERRY RIDGE ARPT ENRTE TO WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON; ABOUT A 30 MIN FLT. I WAS DUE AT THE FBO AT WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON AS I WAS SCHEDULED TO TOW A BANNER. I HAD BEEN TOWING BANNERS FROM THIS ARPT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND MYSELF AND THE ACFT WERE A FAMILIAR SIGHT THERE. THE ACFT IS AN AG PLANE; SO IT WAS EASILY RECOGNIZABLE BY CTLRS. I CERTAINLY DID NOT EXPECT TO HAVE ANY RADIO PROBS AS I HAD NOT HAD REPAIRS MADE ON THE RADIO AND USED IT ONLY ONCE SINCE BEING REINSTALLED IN THE ACFT. I DIDN'T HAVE RADIO ON UNTIL I WAS ABOUT 10 OR 15 MI FROM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON. THERE WAS NO TFC; SO DID NOT THINK IT WAS UNUSUAL JUST TO HEAR ANYONE ON THE RADIO WHEN I TURNED IT ON. I TUNED THE RADIO TO THE APCH CTL AT WILKES-BARRE AND CALLED. WHEN I COULDN'T GET ANY RESPONSE; I TRIED SEVERAL FREQS. THEN I REALIZED THE RADIO WAS NOT RECEIVING. I CHANGED MY HDG TO THE S SO AS NOT TO ENTER THE CTL ZONE. I CONTINUED TO CALL ON TWR FREQ. I BEGAN TO HEAR MIKE CLICKS ON THE RADIO AFTER I XMITTED SO I BEGAN TO THINK THAT THE TWR COULD RECEIVE ME BUT I HAD LOST MY RECEIVER. I FIRST DECIDED TO GO TO ANOTHER UNCTLED ARPT; SEVERAL MI TO THE SW OF WILKES- BARRE SCRANTON SO I HEADED IN THAT DIRECTION. I CONTINUED TO TELL MY INTENTIONS TO THE CTL TWR; THINKING THAT THEY WERE RECEIVING ME. AS I WAS PASSING ACROSS THE APCH END OF RWY 4; AT WILKES-BARRE I NOTICED THE RWY LIGHTS AND THRESHOLD LIGHTS CAME ON. THINKING THAT THE TWR WAS RECEIVING ME; I DECIDED THAT THEY MUST HAVE TURNED ON THE RWY LIGHTS AS A SIGNAL THAT IT WAS OKAY TO LAND; SO I CHANGED MY HDG TO MAKE AN APCH ON RWY 4. AS I MADE THE APCH; I CONTINUED TO NOTIFY TWR OF MY INTENTIONS; THINKING THAT THEY WERE HEARING MY XMISSIONS. I CONTINUED THE APCH; OBSERVING NO TFC ANYWHERE IN THE AIR; AND LANDED. UPON REACHING THE FBO'S OFFICE I WAS TOLD THAT THE TWR CHIEF WOULD LIKE ME TO CALL HIM. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY XMISSIONS WHATSOEVER FROM ME AND WANTED TO KNOW WHAT I THOUGHT I WAS DOING; LNDG WITHOUT RADIO COM. I ATTEMPTED TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAD HAPPENED; AND WAS TOLD THAT A RPT WOULD BE FILED AGAINST ME IN ALLENTOWN GADO. I KNOW THAT I MADE SOME BAD DECISIONS AND DEFINITELY WAS IN VIOLATION BUT I DID NOT DELIBERATELY VIOLATE THE FAA REGS. I FEEL THAT IT WAS A CASE OF SEVERAL WRONG CONCLUSIONS AND HAVE GONE OVER THE SIT COUNTLESS TIMES SINCE AND WILL SURELY NOT MAKE SUCH ASSUMPTIONS IN THE FUTURE. IN SUCH AN EVENT; IF CTL TWR HAD; AT ANY TIME ON THE FINAL APCH GIVEN A RED LIGHT TO ME; I WOULD HAVE KNOWN DEFINITELY THAT I SHOULD NOT CONTINUE THE APCH. SINCE I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY LIGHT; I AGAIN MADE THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE APCH WAS OKAY.