so ive been studying for about 3 weeks now and im planning to take the tech exam at a local hamfest next month. been using ham study dot org and also the ARRL technician manual which honestly is a bit dry but has good info in it. my main problem is the math questions, like the ones about calculating frequency and wavelength and ohms law stuff. i get the concepts but when its actually on the test i freeze up a little.

is there anything i should be doing differently or any tricks for remembering the formulas? also not sure how strict the testing sessions are, like do they give you scratch paper or anything? i dont really know what to expect when i walk in there

the math stuff trips a lot of people up but honestly there arent that many formulas you actually need. for ohms law just remember the triangle thing, V on top, I and R on the bottom, cover the one you want and the other two tell you what to do. wavelength is just 300 divided by frequency in MHz, thats basically it for the tech exam. they do give you scratch paper at most sessions, at least every one ive been to did. just ask when you get there.

ham study dot org is great for drilling questions, i used it when i got my general last year and just did like 20-30 questions a day. by the time the test came around most of it felt familiar. dont stress too much, the pass rate for tech is pretty high and you can retake it the same day if something goes wrong, usually for a small fee. you got this.

I took mine about 6 months ago and was nervous too. Ended up being way more chill than I expected, the VEs were really friendly and there was no pressure at all. I think I missed like 4 questions and still passed easy. The only thing I'd say is don't ignore the regulations questions because there's a lot of them and they're not hard, just kind of boring to study.