Can I construct sentences using the word radius like the following sentences?

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1) How much radius can the walkie-talkie cover?
2) The walkie-talkie work in how much radius the best?
 

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1) How much radius can the walkie-talkie cover?
2) The walkie-talkie work in how much radius the best?


1) Your example would be understood but I think the simpler
"What radius can the walkie-talkie cover?" is more natural.
or: "How wide a radius can the walkie-talkie cover?"
2) "Within what radius will the walkie-talkie work best?"

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Or simply "what's the working area/radius?"
 

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Hi,

I feel "radius" to be too "Latin" for this context (I would understand it better if used in the context of a dicussion on Geometry, for instance). Why not simply ask about its span? Would that work?
 

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I feel "radius" to be too "Latin" for this context (I would understand it better if used in the context of a dicussion on Geometry, for instance). Why not simply ask about its span? Would that work?
Span would not work, in my opinion. "What is the range of this walkie-talkie" would.
 

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Hi,

I feel "radius" to be too "Latin" for this context (I would understand it better if used in the context of a dicussion on Geometry, for instance). Why not simply ask about its span? Would that work?

"Radius" is quite normal when talking about a point source, like a radio. Radio station WXYZ can be heard anywhere within a 25 mile radius.
 

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"Radius" is quite normal when talking about a point source, like a radio. Radio station WXYZ can be heard anywhere within a 25 mile radius.

However, the point of this thread is a walkie-talkie, which I'm not sure it is a "source point".
 

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What is a walkie-talkie other than a radio? A two-way radio. When it transmits it goes out equally to all directions.
 

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I, too, find nothing odd about using "radius" this way, but you can say "range" if it makes you happier.
 

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:up: On reflection (sorry, charliedeut ;-)) I withdraw my support for the word 'span'.

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Nah, never mind. ;-) Todays is just one of those days when everything one attempts backfires :-( I think I'll be going to bed early, just in case ;-)
 
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