RPTR CLAIMS A POSSIBLE NMAC BTWN 2 ARR ACFT; A PASE AND PA44; ALTHOUGH NEITHER PLT RPTED SAME. RPTR ALLEGES CTR CTLR WAS LATE SENDING THE PASE TO THE TWR FREQ.

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THE PA44 WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE PATTERN ON A L BASE RWY 29L AND SEQUENCED #2 TO FOLLOW TFC. ZMA RPTED THAT THE PASE WAS 9 MI SE ON THE VOR/DME RWY 29L APCH. I DID NOT CONSIDER THE PASE TO BE A FACTOR; SINCE THE PA44 WAS LESS THAN 3 MI FROM THE ARPT AND TURNING FINAL. HOWEVER; THE PASE CHKED IN AND RPTED ON 2 MI FINAL. I SAW THAT THE PASE WAS AHEAD OF THE PA44 AND IN SUCH A POS THAT THE PASE MUST HAVE CROSSED THE FLT PATH OF THE PA44 WHILE THE PA44 WAS ON BASE. I ASKED THE PASE IF TFC HAD BEEN ISSUED BY ZMA. THE PASE REPLIED IN THE NEGATIVE; APOLOGIZED FOR NOT CHKING IN SOONER AND EXPLAINED THAT THEY HAD BEEN 'BEGGING' ZMA FOR A FREQ CHANGE. I RECOGNIZED THE PASE PLT'S VOICE AND AM INCLINED TO TRUST THE ACCURACY OF THEIR RPT. I HAVE ADVISED ZMA 4 TIMES IN THE PAST WK THAT THEIR POS RPTS DO NOT MATCH THE ACTUAL LOCATIONS OF ACFT AND THAT I BELIEVE THAT EITHER THEIR RADAR ALIGNMENT IS INCORRECT OR THAT THEIR RADAR MAP OVERLAY IS OUT OF ALIGNMENT BY ABOUT 3 MI. ASIDE FROM POSSIBLE EQUIP MALFUNCTION; I BELIEVE THAT THE LEVEL OF TFC AT THIS ARPT HAS FAR OUTSTRIPPED THE CAPACITY OF THE VFR TWR/OVERLYING CTR/NON RADAR PROCS TYPE OF OP THAT PERSISTS HERE. THIS PLACE NEEDS A RADAR SITED NEAR ENOUGH TO BE USABLE DOWN TO THE SURFACE; AND A DEDICATED APCH CTL OR CTR SECTOR WITH A PERMANENTLY ASSIGNED STAFF WHO CAN BECOME TRULY PROFICIENT AT THIS OP WITHOUT BEING ROTATED OUT TO OTHER NON TERMINAL SECTORS. I'M AFRAID TO FLY HERE.