so ive been thinking about getting my tech license for a while now and i finally decided to just go for it. downloaded the ARRL study guide pdf or whatever and honestly theres just so much stuff in there. like the math parts especially, i havent done anything with ohms law since high school which was a long time ago lol.

is there a better way to just grind through the question pool or should i actually try to understand everything? my buddy said just memorize the answers and dont worry about it but that feels kinda wrong. also i keep seeing people mention hamstudy dot org, is that actually good or just one of those sites that looks helpful but isnt really

anyway if anyone has taken this recently any advice would help, i dont even really know what im asking exactly just feels like a lot

hamstudy is legit, thats what most people use now. just go through the flash cards every day for like 20 minutes and it tracks which ones you're getting wrong and keeps showing you those. the question pool for tech isnt that bad honestly, something like 35 questions on the actual test and you only need like 26 right or something close to that so theres some room.

the math stuff, yeah i get it, but for tech its really just basic ohm's law and maybe power calculations and honestly once you see the same types of questions a few times it clicks. you dont need to deeply understand it to pass, but understanding it does help it stick. your buddy isnt totally wrong that memorizing works but youll forget everything the second you pass if you dont get the why behind it at least a little bit.

i passed mine after about two weeks of just doing hamstudy on my lunch break. good luck with it

yeah hamstudy is what everyone recommends and its free so just use that. honestly the tech exam is not as scary as it looks when you first open the question pool. there are like 400 something questions total but the test only pulls from certain sections so if you use hamstudy it kind of figures out what you actually need to focus on.

one thing i'll say is dont skip the regulations questions even if they seem boring, theres a lot of them on the actual test and they're easy points once you just know them. the band plan stuff and what frequencies you're allowed on as a tech, just memorize that part because it comes up a bunch.

also find a local club and see when their next exam session is, some of them do walk in sessions which is nice if you dont want to schedule weeks out. VE sessions can fill up so check early