A GA PLT ENTERS THE CLASS B AIRSPACE OF LAS WHILE ON A VFR APCH TO VGT; NV.

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THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHEN NOBODY SEEMED TO BE ABLE TO GET THE BIG PICTURE. APCHING VGT ARPT FROM THE NE; THE PLAN WAS TO FOLLOW THE INTERSTATE 15 INBOUND; COURSE TO BE MODIFIED WITH APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTIONS FROM APCH. THE FIRST ERROR WAS WHEN I SELECTED THE WRONG APCH FREQ. I DON'T KNOW IF I MADE A CHART READING ERROR OR JUST HAD A BRAIN FAILURE AT THE MOMENT. IN ANY EVENT; I SELECTED 118.4 INSTEAD OF 124.95. I RPTED MY POS AND WAS ASSIGNED A SQUAWK CODE. THE CTLR HAD A PROB WITH MY POS RPT; AND I HAD TO REPEAT IT MORE THAN ONCE. I BELIEVE I CLRLY STATED THAT I WAS INBOUND FROM THE NE; ALONG THE INTERSTATE 15; AT GREATER THAN 40 NM AND 8500 FT MSL ON INITIAL CONTACT; WITH UPDATED RPTS AS REQUESTED. THE CTLR COULD NOT RADAR IDENT ME; AND AS I GOT CLOSER I KEPT DROPPING LOWER TO STAY UNDER THE CLASS B AIRSPACE. AFTER SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS; INCLUDING ONE WHERE THE CTLR SEEMED TO CONFUSE ME WITH AN ACFT INBOUND FROM THE SW; HE REALIZED WHAT WAS GOING ON AND TOLD ME TO CONTACT NELLIS APCH ON 124.95 (WHERE I SHOULD HAVE BEEN ANYHOW). NELLIS PICKED ME UP FINE; VECTORED ME OFF ALMOST DUE N OF VGT; THEN XFERRED ME TO VGT TWR. WHEN I THEN CALLED THE TWR; THEY HAD NO CLUE AS TO WHO I WAS; WHERE I WAS; OR EVEN THAT I WAS IN THE AREA. WE GOT THAT SORTED OUT PRETTY QUICKLY AND I LANDED AT VGT. LAS VEGAS APCH NEVER ISSUED A CLASS B CLRNC; AND IN FACT KEPT SAYING STAY OUT OF THE CLASS B (WHICH IS WHY I WAS CONTINUALLY GETTING LOWER; TO STAY UNDER THE CLASS B). NELLIS DID ISSUE A CLASS B CLRNC. HOWEVER; DURING THE MANEUVERING; VECTORING; TALKING; AND ATTEMPTED RADAR LOCATIONS; I MAY HAVE ENTERED CLASS B AIRSPACE BEFORE NELLIS ACTUALLY SAID THE WORDS 'CLRED INTO CLASS B....' SO WHAT WENT WRONG HERE? WELL; FIRST; I SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE RIGHT FREQ; SECONDLY; THE LAS VEGAS APCH CTLR SHOULD HAVE RECOGNIZED MY POS AND HELPED CORRECT THE FREQ SOONER. THIRD; NELLIS APPARENTLY DIDN'T COORDINATE WITH VGT TWR; WHICH ADDED ANOTHER FACTOR TO THE MIX. WHAT TO DO DIFFERENTLY NEXT TIME: BEING ON THE RIGHT FREQ WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA. FILING IFR MIGHT BE THE WAY TO GO; AS APCH DID NOT SEEM TO BE REAL EXCITED ABOUT DEALING WITH INBOUND VFR TFC. PLANNING TO USE EITHER THE SHOWBOAT OR ROCKS ARRS WOULD WORK; BUT THOSE ARE RADAR CLRNCS SO WE'RE BACK TO THE COMS AND ATC AVAILABILITY ISSUES. WITH A LITTLE MANEUVERING; ONE COULD STAY UNDER ALL OF THE CLASS B AIRSPACE FROM THE N AND NE AND GET TO VGT DIRECTLY; SPEAKING ONLY TO THE TWR UPON ARR. I THINK OF THESE CHOICES I'LL FILE IFR OR USE ROCKS OR SHOWBOAT. FOLLOWING THE INTERSTATE 15 LOOKS GOOD; IS SIMPLE; AND SHOULD WORK; BUT IT BRINGS YOU ACROSS THE NELLIS APCH PATH AND COULD CREATE POTENTIAL CONFLICTS WITH NELLIS TFC. MAYBE SOME DAY THE LCL FOLKS COULD LOOK AT DEVELOPING A 'FOLLOW THE INTERSTATE 15' VFR APCH.