SMA PLT FLEW LOW AND SLOW DOWN RWY AWAITING LNDG CLRNC FROM TWR.

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I WAS 25 MI OUT TO THE SW BEFORE I COULD GET THROUGH TO APCH CTL. THIS GUY HAD BEEN TALKING STRAIGHT FOR QUITE SOME DISTANCE; BUT I FINALLY GOT AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND A SQUAWK CODE; AND A CLRNC FOR A R BASE TO RWY 13L. THE 13 ON THE N SIDE IS THE GA STRIP; THE 13 ON THE S SIDE IS THE ONLY JET RWY. BEFORE I HAD GONE THE 25 MI; I HAD RECEIVED NO LESS THAN 4 TA'S. AT LEAST 1 OF THEM WAS A 2 ACFT ADVISORY; INVOLVING 2 OTHER ACFT AT MY 10 O'CLOCK AND 2 O'CLOCK; -- ALL 3 ACFT CONVERGING; WITH NO ALT INFO. THAT IS ANOTHER FACTOR. WHEN THE SKY IS CROWDED WITH MODE S XPONDER PACKETS; THIS LITTLE ARSA RADAR STARTS DROPPING ALT INFO ON TARGETS. THAT AND THE SET IN OF COAST MODE; INDICATED BY A LITTLE 'C' ON THE LOWER R SECTION OF THE DATA BLOCK; AFTER THE ANTENNA HAS GONE AROUND 3 TIMES WITHOUT A REAL XPONDER REPLY IN THE CLR. ANYWAY; EACH OF MY ADVISORIES WAS A 'LESS THAN A MI' TYPE OF THING BEFORE I WAS ADVISED. EVERYBODY ELSE WAS IN THE SAME BOAT. I TRIED TO COUNT HOW MANY WORDS PER MIN APCH WAS SPEAKING; BUT I CAN'T LISTEN THAT FAST. AS THINGS PROGRESSED; I WAS OVER DOWNTOWN WHEN APCH ADVISED ME TO CHANGE MY RWY TO 13R. UNEXPECTED; UNUSUAL; BUT NO PROB. HE SAID IT TWICE. HE APPARENTLY WAS CONCERNED THAT I HEAR IT. I REPEATED THE CLRNC BY STATING 'AYE BEE EEE (TO MAKE SURE IT WAS FOR ME) ONE-THREE-RIGHT.' NOW; AS I RECALL; IT BECAME SHORT FINAL; AND I HAD NOT BEEN ADVISED TO CONTACT THE TWR; AND I HAVE A WITNESS -- A PAX -- TO THAT EFFECT. I THOUGHT IT PRUDENT TO INQUIRE 'ABE; ARE WE CLRED TO LAND' (SHOULD OUGHT WE NOT BE ON TWR)? I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT SOONER; BECAUSE THERE WAS NO AIR TIME AVAILABLE. THIS WAS THE FIRST PAUSE THAT I COULD GRAB WITHOUT INTERFERING WITH SOME COM. THERE CONTINUED THIS STREAM OF VOICE FROM THE TRACON; WITH NO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. AT THE FIRST GAP; I REPEATED. WE WERE GETTING CLOSE TO THE THRESHOLD. THE STREAM CONTINUED; SO AT THE FIRST PAUSE I REPEATED. BY THIS TIME I WAS NOT WAITING FOR A GAP; TO ALLOW ANOTHER PLT TO RESPOND TO HIS CLRNC; BUT WAS SEIZING UPON THE FIRST MILLISECOND OF DEAD AIR STATIC. I WAS IN THE FLAIR. I DECIDED TO MAINTAIN AN ALT OF 3 FT ABOVE THE RWY; PLUS OR MINUS 2 INCHES; WHILST REPEATEDLY ASKING WHETHER I WAS CLRED TO LAND. MEANWHILE; MY PAX POINTED OUT THAT I WAS 1/4 DOWN THE RWY. I FINALLY RECEIVED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM THE TRACON: 'ABE CONTACT THE TWR.' I HAD ALREADY SET UP A 41 KT AIRSPD; 3 FT OFF THE RWY; THE FLAPS OUT; AND NOW I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SWITCH MY ATTN TO THE RADIO STACK. MY PAX WAS WONDERING IF I WAS GOING TO LAND ON THE RWY; OR IN THE GOLF COURSE AT THE END OF THE RWY. 'TWR; ABE; AM I CLRED TO LAND?' THE REPLY WAS IN THE AFFIRMATIVE; AND CAUTIONED ABOUT THE JET ALREADY OVER THE NUMBERS BEHIND ME. THEN I WAS ASKED TO CONTACT GND. MY PAX HAD FLOWN WITH ME QUITE A BIT; BUT WASN'T REALLY EXPECTING; AFTER RECEIVING 'CLR TO LAND' 3 FT NW OF THE TOP OF THE RWY 31L NUMBERS ON THE RWY; THAT I COULD GET IT DOWN AND STOPPED BY 1 FT SE OF THE BASE OF THOSE NUMBERS. WHEN I TURNED OFF THE RWY; I CONTACTED GND. 'ABE; THE FIRST WE HEARD FROM YOU WAS WHEN YOU WERE 1/2 WAY DOWN THE RWY.' 'THAT'S BECAUSE APCH DID NOT CLR ME TO TWR FREQ UNTIL I WAS 1/4 WAY DOWN THE RWY.' 'THAT COULD EXPLAIN IT. WE WERE WONDERING WHY YOU WERE DOING THE PERFECT SLOW FLT EXACTLY 3 FT OFF THE GND.' 'I DIDN'T HAVE CLRNC TO LAND.' THE REMAINING CONVERSATION HAD TO DO WITH TAXI TO PARKING. THERE WAS NO REQUEST TO CONTACT ANYBODY BY TELEPHONE.