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Here are several of the more important 1/4 wave antennas with the pattern overlaid and compared.

 

The legend at the left:

#4 is the antenna with all 108" whip elements that are horizontal- dark blue

#5 has no radials at all - green

#6 is the best antenna modeled using all 102" whip elements - red

#10 is the antenna with a Top Hat - lite blue

 

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