Аннотация:The goal of the present paper is to supplement the existing physical picture of ionospheric MHD propagation with analysis of wave properties of the near-equatorial ionosphere. Saito [1983] noticed the existence of an additional maximum in diurnal distribution of Pc3 pulsations, observed at the near-equatorial stations only. At the meridional profile of low-latitude stations ULF signals propagating outwards the equator have been detected [Rao, 1995]. The above experimental facts brings us to the hypothesis that ULF fluctuations of the equatorial electrojet may induce geomagnetic disturbances, which then propagate along the ionosphere.