Making the Flex 8600 + into a superCW transceiver

I would like to support this initiative, especially the ability to adjust RF envelope rise/fall times. I do not use the internal keyer, mainly because I value the physical speed control knob that WinKey gives me, so the built-in keyer features are irrelevant to me. Nonetheless they would be valuable for those that do use in internal keyer.

A very long-term outstanding request is for CW side-tone + RX audio to be available as a fixed level digital audio stream. I wrote a proposal for this way back in 2020 but despite, apparently, being on the to do list, nothing has happened in the intervening ten years. It seems like a pretty obvious requirement, it would be great to have and, I would think, a rather simple job to implement. Ten years is a long time to wait and still have nothing to show for it. A higher implementation priority for CW TX/RX enhancements would be welcome.

73, John, G3WGV