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JJS founder of AmRRON, American Redoubt Radio Operators Network

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June 23, 2026 · 57 min

JJS founder of AmRRON, American Redoubt Radio Operators Network

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Send us Fan Mail Join Grid Down Comms Up for another episode of The Prepping Academy. Today, JJS, founder of AmRRON (American Redoubt Radio Operators Network), joins us for an update on AmRRON's annual grid-down exercise, T-REX. A national exercise where radio operators take to the airwaves for a three-day event tracking a fictional scenario, moving welfare traffic, and pressure-testing our communications systems. We also discuss JJS's new book, Partisan Operators Volume 2, the second of his multipart series chronicling events after an attack on US soil that spirals the country into a complete grid-down. Partisan Operators Volume 2 https://www.amazon.com/Partisan-Operator-Journals-Back-Zero/dp/B0GXPRN8B7/ref=sr_1_1?sr=8-1 Join PrepperNet.Net - https://www.preppernet.net PrepperNet is an organization of like-minded individuals who believe in personal responsibility, individual freedoms and preparing for disasters of all origins. PrepperNet Support the show Please give us 5 Stars! www.preppingacademy.com Daily deals for preppers, survivalists, off-gridders, homesteaders https://prepperfinds.com www.preppernet.com

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