so ive been interested in ham radio for a while now, mostly because my neighbor does it and it seems really cool. he told me i need to pass some kind of test but i honestly dont know what im doing or where to look. like do i just google it or is there a book or something? i looked up the FCC stuff and it was pretty confusing. also how hard is the test actually, im not great at memorizing things and someone mentioned something about ohms law which i havent thought about since high school. any help would be appreciated, even just pointing me in the right direction would be great

HamStudy.org is honestly the easiest way to start, just make an account and start doing the practice questions. the real question pool is publicly available so everything on the actual exam comes straight from it, no surprises. a lot of people pass the tech exam in like 2-3 weeks just grinding through flashcards on there. the ohms law stuff is pretty basic, like E=IR and thats mostly it for that level, dont let it scare you off. find a local club too because they usually hold exam sessions and sometimes even do free licensing classes. ARRL has a club finder on their site. the exam itself is 35 questions, multiple choice, you need a 74% to pass so 26 out of 35. its very doable even if youre not a technical person, a lot of it is just rules and operating procedures which you kind of absorb after doing enough practice tests

i did mine like 6 months ago, also knew nothing going in. i used hamstudy and also watched some youtube videos by a guy called HamRadioCrashCourse, helped me understand the concepts instead of just memorizing answers which i think made it stick better. took me maybe 3 weeks of casual studying. the test was way less scary than i expected honestly