Brian Copsey

Copsey-Comms - United Kingdom - Director

Brian Copsey has over 56 years of experience in telecommunications, radio, outside broadcast, fiber optics and radio interference. His work in ETSI started in 1991 when he was appointed Chairman of a working group in charge of Radio Microphones and Assistive Listening Devices (ALDs). In this group he introduced the first spectrum masks in what would become the European standard EN 300 422, the major PMSE and ALD standard.

Since 1993, Brian has been an active member of numerous CEPT groups involved in Programme-Making & Special Events (PMSE) and ALD issues. In 1996, he became ERM TG 17 Chairman, the group in charge of broadcast related activities such as TV and radio transmitters, video links, radio microphones and In-ear Monitors (IEMs) which has more recently produced harmonised standards for the Radio Equipment Directive. In his role of Chair, he brought ETSI TG17 work into the ITU and subsequently had it included in their reports and recommendations.

Since 2008 he has been investigating and testing the radio interference and spectrum aspects of ALDs for Hearing Aid manufacturers and users of hearing aids. In 2009 he was elected Chair of the ETSI TC SAFETY in charge of co-ordinating safety and EMF requirements between ETSI and CENELEC, and for co-ordinating ETSI’s position on telecommunications equipment safety.

From 2010 to 2016 he was the Chairman of the Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) Radio microphone group and was instrumental in the development of the first multi country Radio Microphone standard.