wrote:
Is this hard? I have an alinco DR 590 that is acting funny. Checked the
battery and although it was keeping memory it showed less than a volt.

Yep, time to replace it.

It is a BR 2032. Do these things come with the tabs already on the
battery when you buy them?

I looked up the data sheet for a BR2032,
http://tinyurl.com/67puy

and it doesn't show tabs attached. If your battery has tabs attached you may
want to contact Alinco and get a battery from them, soldering tabs on a battery
can be difficult to battery destructive. Check carefully, it may be a simple
battery holder and not attached clips. I have a DR570 that I haven't yet
replaced the backup battery, I'll look if I have time tonight.

Note that you will lose all memory in the radio when you replace the battery and
it's a good idea to do a full reset after replacing said battery, but from your
posts it looks like the radio is not so great in the memory department anyway,
an even better reason to do a full reset after a new battery.

Soldering the new battery in can be a challenge if you haven't done much
soldering or component removal/replacement, you may want to either find a friend
who solders well or take the radio to a repair shop and have them do it.

Good luck!
-Galen, W8LNA