Low-frequency bounded whistlers have been launched in a toroidal system to produce a high-density plasma. These waves generate a completely different wave field pattern in the toroidal plasma cavity as compared to helicon waves in thin cylindrical plasma columns. Based on the excitation of toroidal bounded whistlers, which sustain the discharge, a new approach to the problem of current drive is discussed. 1.0–1.5 kA of plasma current is driven with 1.0 kW of input radiofrequency (RF) power. The same RF source sustains steady-state plasma with 1012 cm−3 peak density and 18 eV electron temperature. Along with studies on the dependence of plasma current on wave and plasma parameters, resonant and nonresonant contributions to the total plasma current are estimated.