The remedy is back to analogue and the man with a backpack tx/rx using
hand sent CW will win in the end.

CW is definitely a digital mode, there are only 2 'levels', either key up
or key down.
The fact that it can be decoded by ear doesn't change that, I once heard a
rumour about Russian high speed CW guys (the ones that consider anything
below 50WPM als QRS) who claimed to be able to decode 45Bd RTTY by ear.

73, Rik  ON7YD