PLT IN PA28 LNDG AT DLG; AN UNCTLED FIELD; ANNOUNCES BASE TURN FOR RWY 19 ON THE RADIO. TURNING FINAL; PLT OBSERVES AN ACR HOLDING ON THE RAMP AT THE OPPOSITE END ON RWY 1. ON TOUCHDOWN; THE PLT OBSERVES THE ACR TAXI ON THE RWY 1 AND HEARS THE ACR PLT ON THE FSS FREQ INQUIRING ABOUT THE CHEROKEE ON THE RWY.

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I CALLED DLG RADIO ANNOUNCED CHEROKEE ACFT X TURNING R HAND BASE TO RWY 19 FOR FULL STOP. NO RESPONSE. LNDG LIGHTS ON; TURN FINAL NOTICE ACR Y HOLDING ON RAMP AT FAR END OF RWY. ABOUT TOUCHDOWN ACR Y TAXIES ON RWY AT FAR END TO THRESHOLD OF RWY 1. PLT CALLS TWR INQUIRING ABOUT CHEROKEE THAT JUST LANDED. I TOLD DLG RADIO I ANNOUNCED TURN TO BASE ON RWY 19. I ASSUMED ACR Y SAW MY APCH AND TOUCHDOWN BEFORE ENTERING RWY. 6400 FT RWY IS MORE THAN ADEQUATE FOR A PA28 CHEROKEE TO LAND AND TKOF. GOOD RATIONAL. I DIDN'T HEAR ACR Y XMISSION TO BACK TAXI ON RWY 1 FOR DEP. I AM ASSUMING WE WERE WALKING ON EACH OTHER DURING OUR XMISSION. I CONTEMPLATED A GAR; HOWEVER; I WAS TOUCHING DOWN AND ABOUT 4000 FT FROM ACR Y ENTERING THE ACTIVE. I FELT I HAD ADEQUATE SPACE TO SLOW MY PLANE AND TURN OFF THE RWY; WHICH I DID. THIS WAS NOT A CLOSE CALL; BUT AN INCIDENT THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET. NEXT TIME I CALL RADIO AT AN UNCTLED ARPT; I'LL WAIT FOR THEIR ACKNOWLEDGMENT BEFORE TURNING TO FINAL. ACR Y SHOULD HAVE HELD SHORT OF RWY 19 UNTIL I CLRED. I WAS LNDG SO I SHOULD HAVE HAD THE RWY. MY RADIO WAS OPERATIONAL SINCE I TALKED WITH DLG RADIO ABOUT 5 MINS BEFORE MY CALL TURNING TO BASE.