IAIPS-ACIPS@USC-ISI.ARPA (11/20/85)
Howard -- Sounds like a leaky underground power transformer; and the lamppost is probably acting as an "RF probe" - extending down to/connected closer to the source. That's why it's louder when you get near it. Call the electric company. They like to know when their xfmrs are leaking. It means lost $$$ down the drain (or up in the air - as the case may be). I know, in my neighborhood when one of the pole transformers are leaking, it wipes out the AM band on up. It might be something else, but a transformer sounds likely. 73, George W1TQS/4