Make sure to check the identifier (repeats every 10 seconds). A radial is nothing more than the name of an outbound course (The VOR "sees" only an aircraft's position along a radial, but cannot tell which direction the nose of the aircraft is pointing). Don't make large heading corrections when you are within 1 mile of the station (You are in the Cone of Confusion). Radials-Always go FROM the VOR. Courses-Can go either way. Heading-Same as course if there is no wind (Just like airspeed and groundspeed when there is no wind). Deflection is 2 degrees per dot. Even with a fullscale deflection on the localizer, don't correct course more than 10 degrees. For a fullscale deflection on the VOR, use a 45 degree intercept angle. For less than a fullscale but more than one dot deflection on the VOR use a 20 degree intercept. For a one dot deflection or less on the VOR use a 10 degree intercept.