AFTER RETURN FROM A CONTRACTED PWR LINE ANALYSIS AT FDK; B06 PLT IS INFORMED OF DC ADIZ VIOLATION.

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DURING EMER PWR LINE PATROL; FOR A LCL PWR COMPANY RELATED TO THE DECLARED 'STATE OF EMER' FOR THE STATUS OF WV; MD; DC; I RECEIVED A PREFLT BRIEFING BY ELKINS FSS; AND WAS NOTIFIED OF THE EXTENDED P-40 AREA; WHICH WAS NOTED. I THEN FILED A VFR FLT PLAN TO OPERATE WITHIN DULLES CLASS B AIRSPACE. IT WAS NOT EMPHASIZED THAT THE DCA CLASS B AIRSPACE THROUGHOUT WAS CONSIDERED TO BE ADIZ FROM THE SURFACE TO FL180. UPON MY DEP FROM FDK; I ATTEMPTED TO OPEN MY FLT PLAN WITH ELKINS FSS (VIA TELEPHONE) PRIOR TO DEP. ELKINS STATED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO OPEN THE FLT PLAN FOR ME; AND I NEEDED TO CONTACT POTOMAC APCH ON THE ASSIGNED FREQ. I DEPARTED FDK TO THE NE IN HIGH FIXED WING TFC (MANY ACFT WERE RETURNING TO BASE AFTER BEING REPOSITIONED FOR THE STORM). I CLBED TO 500 FT AGL AND ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT POTOMAC APCH; HOWEVER; WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. AT THAT TIME; I ELECTED TO CONTINUE THE PATROLS AT 150 FT AGL. ACCORDING TO OUR RTE OF FLT; AND BY CONDUCTING A MISSED APCH RECONNAISSANCE; IT WAS DISCUSSED AMONG THE OTHER CREW MEMBERS THAT OUR RTE OF FLT WOULD NOT ENTER THE CLASS B AIRSPACE. AFTER COMPLETING THE PATROLS; WE RETURNED TO FDK AND WERE INFORMED THAT WE HAD VIOLATED THE 'EXTENDED' ADIZ. THE CURRENT CHARTS DO NOT DEPICT THIS EXTENSION; NOR DOES THE ATC FACILITY HAVE THE ABILITY TO MONITOR RADIO TFC AT THE LOWER ALTS. IF THE RADAR FACILITY HAS THE ABILITY TO MONITOR TO THE SURFACE; THEY SHOULD ADDITIONALLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO ESTABLISH RADIO CONTACT IN ORDER TO AVOID CONFLICTS WITH HIGHER ALT ACFT. I FEEL THAT IN ORDER TO FACILITATE LOW TFC; THERE NEEDS TO BE A MEANS OF COM. I ADDITIONALLY FEEL THAT A CALL IN THE 'BLIND' ON 121.5/243.0 TO ALERT ACFT IN THE VICINITY OF A POSSIBLE INCURSION.