I can tie Rhose's 86 by a tiny adjustment to yours:
$j=1;print$"x--$h,$_-1?map(rand>$f?"=":qw( 0 @ * +)[rand 4],1..($j+=2)):"*",$/for 1..$h
I moved a set of parens. And I can trim it even more:
print$"x--$h,$_-1?map(rand> $f?"=":qw(0 @ * +)[rand 4], 1..($j+=2)):"*",$/for++$j..$h
I moved $j's assignment to the "fore" loop. 83 characters. And then another adjustment that gets rid of $j entirely, and puts me at (an updated) 77 -- the parens around map's arguments were unneeded.
print$"x--$h,$_-1?map rand> $f?"=":qw(0 @ * +)[rand 4], 2..$_*2:"*",$/for 1..$h

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