SW,

If you have some very fine feeler gage 0.001" stock/matterial you may
try using it between the case halfs to ease the two pieces apart.

NOTE: Be sure the batteries are out of the radio.

FWIW: You may wish to post your question on the Radio Shack DX-398 /
Sangean ATS-909 eGroup at YAHOO! which is both "Moderated" and
"NON-Commercial".

GoTo= http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DX398/


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AC Smith wrote:

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!

Thanks! Do you remember where or what side you pressed on to unlock the tabs? So far, nothing
seems to give. I've tried pressing the top, sides, and bottom.