so ive been using the hamstudy.org site and also got the ARRL technician manual but honestly its a lot and i dont really know where to start. like some of the questions make sense to me and others are just completely over my head. the electrical stuff especially, ohms law and all that i kind of remember from high school but the antenna and propagation stuff is just confusing to me right now.

is there a specific order i should go through the question pools or should i just do the random practice exams over and over until i pass? i heard the actual test questions come directly from the pool so maybe just memorizing answers is enough but that feels wrong somehow. anyway i just want to pass and get on the air, not trying to become an engineer lol

honestly hamstudy is the way to go, just keep hammering the practice tests until you're consistently hitting like 85% or above and you'll be fine. the real test pulls straight from the pool so yeah memorizing works, dont let anyone make you feel bad about that. everyone does it to some extent. the concepts will start making more sense once you actually get on the air anyway.

i'd pay a little extra attention to the operating rules and frequency stuff because thats where a lot of people get tripped up, like which bands techs can actually use and what modes are allowed where. that stuff matters day one when you get your callsign. the math questions you can mostly figure out with just basic formulas and they only ask a few of them. good luck, its not as hard as it looks right now

i passed mine like three months ago and was in the exact same boat. what helped me was watching the KB6NU no nonsense technician guide videos on youtube, cant remember exactly who made them but if you search that youll find it. way easier to absorb than reading the manual for me personally. i still read the manual for some sections but the videos made the antenna stuff click way faster than anything else did.