CONFUSION DURING APCH TO KINGSTON.

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AFTER BEING PASSED OFF FROM KINGSTON CENTER; I CONTACTED MANLEY TO RPT COMING INBOUND. IN THIS NONRADAR ENVIRONMENT; I GAVE OUR POSITION RPT SINCE I WAS THE PNF. WE WERE 'CLEARED TO GUDIL; ELSER TWO ARRIVAL; SAVEM TRANSITION; DESCEND TO 9000 FT; EXPECT NO DELAYS.' APROX 19 MI FROM THE MLY VOR; WE MADE OUR RIGHT TURN TO JOIN THE 17 DME ARC. AT MY COPLTS REQUEST; I CALLED MANLEY AND RPTED ESTABLISHED ON THE DME ARC AND REQUESTED LOWER. I WAS IGNORED. CROSSING THE 320 RADIAL I AGAIN REQUESTED LOWER. SHE ANSWERED ME BUT DID NOT GIVE ME A DESCENT. FLYING AT 9000 FT WE JOINED THE 297 DEG RAD INBOUND (117 DEG COURSE TO). I WAS STILL ONLY CLEARED TO GUDIL AND HAD NO EXPECTANCE OF A DELAY; HOLDING; OR APCH CLRNC. THE CTLR WAS BUSY WITH TWO ACFT ON THE GND GIVING CLRNCS FOR DEP. I RPTED APCHING GUDIL INBOUND AT 9000 FT WHICH IS MY CLRNC LIMIT AND DID NOT CALL THE ARPT INSIGHT. THE CTLR INSTRUCTED 'TRACK SW BOUND.' I ASKED IF SHE WANTED ME TO ENTER HOLDING SW OF GUDIL AND SHE SAID 'NEGATIVE; TRACK SW BOUND.' I REPLIED; 'I DO NOT UNDERSTAND; CAN YOU EXPLAIN?' SHE AGAIN SAID TRACK SW BOUND. I REPLIED THAT WE WOULD TURN TO A HDG OF 240. SHE REQUESTED THAT I CALL CROSSING THE 290 DEG RADIAL. CROSSING THE 290 DEG RAD I RPTED OUR POSITION AND THAT I WAS CONFUSED. I ASKED IF WE SHOULD INTERCEPT THIS RADIAL AND TRACK OUT BOUND. SHE SAID NO. WE CONTINUED ON A 240 DEG HDG AND I MADE ANOTHER CALL WHICH SHE IGNORED. SHE THEN FINALLY GAVE ME A DESCENT TO 2000 FT AND TOLD ME I HAD VFR TFC AT 1500 FT. AGITATED AT THIS AMBIGUOUS RPT; I REQUESTED THEIR POSITION AND THE PLT GAVE ME A LOCATION AND DME. THANKFULLY THEY WERE NO FACTOR. I THEN ASKED THE CTLR WHY I WAS HDG AWAY FROM THE ARPT ON A HDG AND NOT ON A RADIAL. SHE DIDN'T REPLY. I CALLED 22 DME AND 2000 FT WHEN SHE CLEARED ME TO ENTER A BASE FOR RWY 12. I TOLD HER I DIDN'T HAVE THE RWY IN SIGHT. SHE THEN TOLD ME TO ENTER A DOWNWIND FOR RWY 12. SHE CLEARLY HAD NO IDEA WHERE MY POSITION WAS. I WAS 22 MI SW OF THE ARPT AND HDG AWAY FROM IT. I TOLD HER THAT WAS IMPOSSIBLE. SHE THEN INSTRUCTED ME TO REPORT FINAL. MY FO PICKED UP A NE HDG UNTIL WE PICKED UP THE 117 DEGREE COURSE TO THE ARPT. WE REPORTED THE RWY IN SIGHT AND WERE CLEARED TO LND. WE LANDED AND WHILE TAXIING IN I REQUESTED THE PHONE NUMBER TO THE TWR AND THE CTLRS OPERATING INITIALS. WHEN I CALLED THE TWR SHE REFUSED TO SPEAK. THE MAN REPRESENTING HER TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO ME THAT SHE WAS BUSY WITH TWO ACFT DEPARTING ON RWY 30 WHILE I WAS INBOUND FOR RWY 12. I WANTED TO KNOW WHY SHE JUST DIDN'T PUT US IN HOLDING OR GIVE ME PRIORITY OVER DEPARTING ACFT. HE WOULD NOT REALLY ANSWER ME. I STILL DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY I WAS NOT GIVEN CLEARER INSTRUCTIONS; HOLDING; OR AN EXPLANATION IN THE AIR. I CLEARLY FELT UNSAFE AND THAT I WAS BEING CONTROLLED BY SOMEONE WHO WAS INCOMPETENT FOR THE JOB. I WAS ALSO IGNORED MANY TIMES. IF THREE ACFT ARE TOO MANY TO HANDLE ON ONE FREQ THEN MAYBE MANLEY SHOULD CONSIDER HAVING A DIFFERENT FREQ FOR APCH; TWR; AND GND. I CAN SAY THAT I DID LEARN ONE THING: TO BE MORE VIGILANT WHILE AT THIS ARPT SINCE I CAN NOT DEPEND ON THE CTLRS.