GA SMA UNAUTH PENETRATION OF AIRSPACE AND CLOSE PROX WITH GA SMA REPORTED BY OTHER ACFT AND NOT OBSERVED BY THE REPORTER.

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9/88 I FLEW A RADIO BROADCASTER AND AN ENGINEER FROM RADIO AT WACO; TX; FOR 1 HR; 10 MINS PRIOR TO FOOTBALL GAME. I FLEW WITH MY RADIO TUNED TO WACO APCH CTL 119.3 AND MY TRANSPONDER TO 1200 AND MY DME TO WACO VORTAC 115.3 IN VFR CONDITIONS. I DID NOT CONTACT WACO APCH CTL DURING THE FIRST 10 OR 15 MINS BECAUSE I TOOK OFF FROM MY FLYING HEART RANCH ARPT WHICH IS LOCATED 10 NM SE OF THE WACO CTL TWR ON THE 125 DEG R OF THE WACO VORTAC; WAS CIRCLING THE STADIUM WHICH IS LOCATED 9 SM FROM THE CTL TWR ON MADISON COOPER ARPT. AFTER I CONTACTED WACO APCH CTL I TOLD THEM I WAS FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE BAYLOR STADIUM AT 1500' AND SQUAWKING 1200. CTLR INFORMED ME TO SQUAWK ANOTHER NUMBER AND FLY AT 2000' MSL OR HIGHER AS THERE WAS ANOTHER AIRPLANE FLYING IN THAT AREA AT 1500'. CTLR INFORMED ME TO CALL THE TWR AFTER I LANDED. AFTER LNDG; THE CTLR INFORMED ME THE PLT OF THE OTHER ACFT RPTED A NEAR MISS WITH ME. CTLR SAID I WAS IN THE WACO ATA BEFORE I CALLED HIM. HE STATED I WAS IN VIOLATION. I TOLD HIM I DID NOT BELIEVE I WAS IN THE ATA. HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT ACTION WOULD BE TAKEN AGAINST ME.