There may be lots of articles, but people learn in different ways. Some by reading, some by watching, some by doing, and some by trial and error. I ave been listening to public service since the days of a single channel on a tunable radio. The 396xt is especially confusing with the quick keys for some and one of the lost arts of ham radio amateurs is being an Elmer. Did you learn everything without help, ka3jjz?
Good luck finding a real "Elmer", darley696. I hope you have many hour of good listening.