diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ Version 4.0
         * caching of kenwood/yaesu "IF" speeds up polling from WSJTX/JTDX
         * rig_get_channel now has read_only flag but it still needs to be implemented based on rig behavior
         *    So if you use rig_get_channel you may get a RIG_ENIMPL error to contact us for fixing it
+    * New rig backend for Elecraft K4
+    * New rig backend for PowerSDR (Flex and Apache users)
 
 Version 3.3
         2018-08-12