[RTTY] RST in contests

[Bill, W6WRT]

In yesterday's BARTG contest there seemed to be an unusually large
number of stations who did not send an RST in their exchange. Often
there will be one, maybe two, but yesterday there were six or seven. 

Since I was not making a serious, all-out effort in the contest I
decided to let it go and just log what they sent and assume 599. I'm
starting to think that was the wrong thing to do. 

Frankly, I would like to see the signal report eliminated from all RTTY
contests, but as long as it is in the rules, the rules should be obeyed.
As others have pointed out, RST does serve some purpose in CW and SSB
contests by way of setting the tone and rhythm for what follows, but in
RTTY that is not relevant. 

For the next contest I am going to create a macro that says 
RST? RST? and send it when needed.

What do you folks think?

73, Bill W6WRT