Does this proof work for you guys? To quash any suspicions about the likelihood that I had posted fake images or images of equipment that was not mine has definitely been quite an eye-opening experience!

I'm even surprised I lasted this long...
You're sweating this too much. I would just have replied "Fuck you". Why would anyone lie about being a radio ham and why would anyone care if they did?Thank you, Richy_T! I appreciate your thoughtful comment. Yeah, I should have!
You know, I find odd how some people here are overly cautious about not revealing anything about themselves (a.k.a. possible opsec sensitive info), but someone like Legendary member 'philipma1957' is not bothered at all by saying what state he lives in, and the distance he lives from the water's edge during the recent storm that moved up the east coast. And he is unbothered by providing how to view his eBay page. Then there are some OG members here that pestered the hell out of me about stupid shit that revealed absolutely nothing meaningful. Fucking amazing!!!
That's not odd at all, philip is probably just not worried that much over a possible $5 wrench incident happening to him which is his personal assessment.
Also he said at times that he blew his opsec by selling miners here and on ebay long ago and from then on it really is not worth the effort as the internet does not forget (correct me if I am wrong philip).
And you realize you have come to a forum that originated at least partly on the cypherpunks ML and has quite some hacker spirit baked in? These people normally don't trust - they verify. And they know you lose your opsec/pseudonimity only once, when it's gone that ship has sailed forever.
If you hang on for some time and keep sticking around in this thread and forum you will probably find out why some people here get suspicious easily (you could as well read the thread from page1 as I did at the time, but I admit at the current page count this could be a quite exhausting task). In any case plagiarization is very frowned upon in this place by good reason and that was the original concern raised with your photos.
Nonetheless welcome!
@psycodad - Thank you!
I trust that original concern is now history...