PLT OF C182 ENCROACHES ON DC ADIZ WHEN DISTR BY AIR AND OR GND COM DIFFICULTIES.

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ON SATURDAY MORNING I CONTACTED THE LEESBURG FLT SVC STATION AND FILED THE FOLLOWING: 1) AT XA15 VFR ADIZ PENETRATION FOR A FLT FROM POTOMAC AIRFIELD (VKX) TO THE CHESAPEAKE RANCH ARPT (MD50) AND; 2) AN IFR FLT PLAN FOR THE RETURN FLT FOR XE30. THE TRIP TO MD50 WAS A LITTLE TRYING. AFTER RECEIVING A XPONDER CODE SETTING AND TRACON DEP FREQ BY LAND LINE; I EXPERIENCED POOR AIRBORNE COMS CONTACT WITH THE POTOMAC TRACON WHO ADVISED ME THAT I WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO RE-ENTER THE ADIZ WITHOUT COMS RADIO CAPABILITY. UPON REACHING MD50; I DETERMINED THAT CHANGING THE AUDIO PANEL AND INTERCOM SETTING SHOULD ALLEVIATE THE COMS RADIO PROB. HOWEVER; AS A BACKUP; I SECURED THE USE OF A PORTABLE AVIATION HAND-HELD TRANSCEIVER FROM AN AVIATOR RESIDING AT MD50. I TELEPHONED THE TRACON AT XE30 AND REQUESTED MY IFR CLRNC; ADVISING THEM THAT I HAD A WORKABLE COMS CAPABILITY. THE CTLR INFORMED ME THAT THEY ONLY HAD A VFR PLAN ON FILE FOR ME. I SAID THAT I HAD SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED AN IFR PLAN (BECAUSE OF AFTERNOON HAZE); BUT; OK. I WAS GIVEN A XPONDER CODE AND TOLD TO CONTACT PATUXENT RIVER APCH. I ASKED IF THE FREQ 120.05 WAS APPROPRIATE AND WAS TOLD NO; USE 121.0. I CLBED OUT FROM MD50 AND CONTACTED PATUXENT RIVER USING THE ACFT RADIOS WITH NO PROB. MD50 ARPT PLTS HAD INFORMED ME OF THE NORMAL DEP PROC AND I TOOK UP AN INITIAL HDG TOWARD NOTTINGHAM VOR. I HEARD THE CTLR AT PATUXENT RIVER TALK TO MANY OTHER ACFT AND WAS AWAITING HIS RELEASE OF ME FROM HIS FREQ TO CONTACT POTOMAC APCH CTL. I BEGAN TO THINK THAT SOMETHING WAS AMISS SO I ASKED HIM IF HE WAS GOING TO HAND ME OFF TO POTOMAC APCH CTL. THERE WAS UTTER SILENCE! AFTER A LENGTHY PAUSE; I CALLED AGAIN AND ASKED IF THEY HAD UNDERSTOOD MY REQUEST. THE PATUXENT CTLR TOLD ME TO CONTACT POTOMAC APCH. UPON REACHING THE POTOMAC TRACON CTLR I WAS INFORMED THAT I MAY HAVE CREATED AN AIRSPACE INCURSION. I COPIED THE TELEPHONE NUMBER AND AFTER COMPLETING THE REFUELING AND PUTTING THE ACFT IN THE HANGAR; CONTACTED THE TRACON VIA THE LAND LINE. THE AIRSPACE SURROUNDING WASHINGTON DC IS VERY UNUSUAL AND HIGHLY POLITICAL. THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF AIRSPACE INTRUSIONS. SOME WERE CARELESS; OTHERS UNKNOWING; AND SOME A RESULT OF EQUIP MALFUNCTION/MISUNDERSTANDING. PLTS AND CTLRS ATTEMPT TO DO THE BEST THAT THEY CAN UNDER DIFFICULT CONDITIONS. EDUCATION ON BOTH SIDES IS THE ONLY WAY WE WILL BE ABLE TO PUT A HANDLE ON THIS ISSUE WITHOUT ELIMINATING PLTS FROM THE AIRSPACE ALTOGETHER.