LNDG WITHOUT TWR GREEN LIGHT OR VERBAL CLRNC BY SKYBOLT PVT PLT AFTER LOSS OF RADIO AT RHV; CA.

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AT THE APPROX TIME AND DATE RPTED ABOVE I WAS FLYING S OF SAN JOSE WHEN I REALIZED THAT MY RADIO WAS NOT FUNCTIONING. I CHKED ALL SWITCHES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND DETERMINED THAT I WOULD HAVE TO LAND WITHOUT RADIO COM. I APCHED REID HILLVIEW ARPT WITH SUFFICIENT ALT TO SEE THAT THE L RWY (31L) WAS CLR OF TFC. I APCHED THE RWY WATCHING AND HOPING FOR A GREEN LIGHT SIGNALING THAT IT WOULD BE SAFE TO LAND. THERE WAS NO LIGHT. I MADE 2 MORE PASSES BUT STILL NO SIGNAL. ON THE NEXT APCH I LANDED THE AIRPLANE AND TAXIED SHORT OF RWY 31R AND THEN I RECEIVED A GREEN LIGHT TO CROSS THE RWY AND I TAXIED BACK TO MY HANGAR. I WAS MET BY A GND OPS EMPLOYEE WHO INFORMED ME I WAS TO CALL THE TWR. THE TWR SUPVR ASKED WHY I HAD NOT LANDED AT SOUTH COUNTY ARPT (UNCTLED) AND PHONED REID HILLVIEW FROM THERE OR CALLED FROM A CELL PHONE WHILE IN THE AIR. I DID NOT HAVE A CELL PHONE WITH ME AND I FELT THAT THE ESTABLISHED PROCS WERE APPROPRIATE. THE TWR SUPVR TOLD ME THAT THERE HAD BEEN A CLOSE CALL ON RWY 31R BECAUSE THE CTLRS WERE WATCHING ME. MY PROC WAS PROPER AND SHOULD NOT HAVE DISTRACTED THE TWR PERSONNEL.