C177 PLT CONCERNED THAT BDL APCH WAS NOT TIMELY WITH TFC EXCHANGE WITH A XING BE35 WHEN CONDUCTING A NDB RWY 29 APCH INTO KORH.

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I CONTACTED BDL APCH; ON 119.0; 7 MI W ORH; REQUESTED PRACTICE NDB 29 INTO ORH. WAS TOLD 'NO SEPARATION PROVIDED; CONTACT ORH TWR.' ORH APPROVED PRACTICE APCH; WITH ADVICE 'NO SEPARATION SVCS WILL BE PROVIDED.' I WAS ALSO ADVISED TO RPT GOZER OUTBOUND. I WAS FLYING VFR; NO HOOD; TO GENERALLY PRACTICE ADF ORIENTATION. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT I FLY THE APCH VFR; NOT AS AN INST APCH; BUT TO GET A FEEL FOR MY VISUAL POSITIONING AT VARIOUS POINTS ON THE APCH. I WAS LOOKING FOR TFC; GETTING A FEEL FOR THE GENERAL ORIENTATION OF THE APCH. AS I APCHED GOZER; I SPOTTED THE BONANZA JUST AFTER IT FLASHED ACROSS IN FRONT OF ME; AND PROCEEDED OUTBOUND ON THE PROC TURN. A FEW MOMENTS LATER; I REACHED GOZER AND ALSO BEGAN THE PROC TURN. ORH TWR CONTACTED ME AT THAT POINT AND SAID THAT DBL WAS WORKING ANOTHER ACFT ON THE PRACTICE APCH AT GOZER; AND I MIGHT WANT TO FLY THE APCH AT 3500 FT. BY THEN; THE CONFLICT HAD ALREADY OCCURRED AND WAS RESOLVED. I CLBED TO 3500 FT TO STAY OUT OF THE OTHER ACFT'S WAY. AT 3000 FT; THIS IS NEAR OR BELOW RADAR COVERAGE FOR BDL. THEY MAY NOT HAVE HAD US ON RADAR AT THE TIME OF THE CONFLICT. HOWEVER; THEY HAD TO KNOW THAT 2 ACFT WERE BOTH ASKING FOR THE PRACTICE APCH AND COULD HAVE PROVIDED SOME INDICATION OF THIS. ALTHOUGH BOTH PLTS HAD RESPONSIBILITY TO SEE AND AVOID CONCEPT; IT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL IF EITHER BDL OR ORH HAD INDICATED THAT ANOTHER ACFT WAS CONVERGING ON GOZER PRIOR TO TELLING ME TO RPT GOZER OUTBOUND.