Samantha Williams wrote in message ...


I'm not intimately familiar with the 398, but could you have missed a
screw, like one in the battery compartment?

I don't think so, I looked carefully and think I have all of the screws out. .
A faq said that there are four larger screws and a smaller one behind the
antenna, which I have accounted for. .. .
http://members.aol.com/rickw999/398_909M.txt

It's the plastic tab system which holds the radio together that is causing me
trouble.

Samantha,

I took the '398 apart back in 2001 and I remember the tabs really have
to be reefed on a little. I was suprised at how much wrangling I had
to do to get it apart, but gentle pressure in the right places might
help.

If it makes you feel any better, it goes together much easier!

acs